Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not;
and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,
But Herodias kept it [in her mind] against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:
Mark — The Gospel of the servant in motion. The narrative hinges at Peter's confession (8:27). Before: the Servant revealed. After: the Servant suffers.
Voices5
(ubi sup.) For Herodias was afraid, lest Herod should repent at some time, or be reconciled to his brother Philip, and so the unlawful marriage be divorced. It goes on, For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man, and an holy.
Bede· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 735patristic
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him,.... Was angry with him, conceived wrath, and laid up hatred against him, and was an adversary to him; which is the sense of the Oriental versions. She bore him an inward grudge, and lay in wait to take the first opportunity of dispatching him: and would have killed him, but she could not; being hindered by Herod, who as yet would not suffer it; partly through fear of the people, and partly through the respect he had for John.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Would have killed - Εζητει, Sought to kill him. C and five of the Itala. See the whole of this account, from Mar 6:17-29, explained on Mat 14:2-12 (note).
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him--rather, as in the Margin, "had a grudge against him." Probably she was too proud to speak to him; still less would she quarrel with him. and would have killed him; but she could not.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
Christ's retirement into a desert place with his disciples; the crowds that followed him thither to receive instruction from him; and his feeding five thousand of them with five loaves and two fishes,
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches12
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.
On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.
3 more linked verses are grouped by book below ↓
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Cross-references are drawn from classic Bible study tools and open, shareable Bible data.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
leads to
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Through
1 Kings 21:20When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of…
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They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
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