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-# For John ... as your wife
-
-If needed, you can present the events of 14:3-4 in the order that they happened, as in the UDB. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-events]])
-
 # For John had said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her as your wife."
 
-This can be expressed as an indirect quote, if needed. Alternate translation: "For John had said to Herod that it was not lawful for Herod to have Herodias as his wife." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])
-
-# For John had said to him
-
-"For John had kept saying to Herod"
+"For John had said to Herod that it was not lawful for Herod to have Herodias as his wife." 
 
 # It is not lawful
 
-Philip was still alive when Herod married Herodias. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+Philip was still alive when Herod married Herodias.