* **with many other exhortations** - This could be translated as "with many other strong urgings" or "John encouraged the people many times to repent and..."
* **rebuked Herod the tetrarch** - "told Herod the tetrarch that he had sinned." Herod was a tetrarch, not a king. He had only limited rule over the region of Galilee.
* **for marrying his brother's wife** - "because Herod married his own brother's wife"
* **he had John locked up in prison** - "he told his soldiers to put John in jail"