:TEXT: "because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife" : S B C K L W X Delta Theta Pi f1 f13 28 33 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz Lect some lat syr cop : KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: "because of Herodias, his brother's wife" : D some lat vg : RSVnCOMMENTS: While it is possible that the name "Philip" was added to make this verse read like Mark 6:17, it is much more likely that some Western copyists deleted the name "Philip," either to make the text like that of Luk 3:19 or to harmonize Matthew with Josephus' report that Herodias' first husband was named Herod also (see Antiquities, XVIII.v.4).