4:12 Now when Jesus 1 heard that John had been imprisoned, 2 he went into Galilee.
11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ 3
1 tn Grk “he.”
2 tn Or “arrested,” “taken into custody” (see L&N 37.12).
3 sn John the Baptist was too separatist and ascetic for some, and so he was accused of not being directed by God, but by a demon.
5 tn The imperfect tense verb is here rendered with an iterative force.
6 sn This marriage of Herod to his brother Philip’s wife was a violation of OT law (Lev 18:16; 20:21). In addition, both Herod Antipas and Herodias had each left marriages to enter into this union.