Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,
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Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,
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Herodias layd wayte for him and wolde have killed him but she coulde not.
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Therefore Herodias layd waite against him, and would haue killed him, but she could not:
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Mark 6:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9 Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
- Ephesians 4:26-27 “Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, and don’t give place to the devil.
- Genesis 39:17-20 She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me, and as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment by me, and ran outside.” When his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, “This is what your servant did to me,” his wrath was kindled. Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.
- 1 Kings 21:20 Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Sought all means to do him hurt.
Sought all means to do him hurt.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and…
19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
Ver. 19. Herodias had a quarrel against him] Gr. ενειχεν αυτω, hung over him, as highly displeased at him, and waiting an occasion to be even with him. Veritas odium parit, they that follow truth close at heels, may have their teeth struck out, though she be a good mistress. Tange montes et fumigabunt. As wild beasts cannot endure fire, so neither can carnal hearts fervency and plain dealing. Poor Zegedine suffered many years’ captivity in misery and irons by the Turk, for one word in a sermon, which distasted a woman, without the least cause. Melch. Adanl. in Vita.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him,.... Was angry…
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.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 19. Would have killed] εζητει, SOUGHT to kill…
Verse 19. Would have killed] εζητει, SOUGHT to kill him. C and five of the Itala.
See the whole of this account, from Mr 6:17-29, explained on Mt 14:2-12.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. had a quarrel] or as it is rendered…
19. had a quarrel] or as it is rendered in the margin, “had an inward grudge” against him. The word here translated “had a quarrel” occurs in Luk_11:53, where we have rendered it, “and the Pharisees began to urge Him vehemently,” and in Gen_49:23, where the dying Jacob says of Joseph, “The archers sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him.” It denotes literally (1) to “hold” or “keep fast within one;” then (2) to “lay up” or “cherish wrath” against another. Comp. Herod. i. 118, vi. 119. In Tyndale and Cranmer’s Versions it is rendered “laid waite for him,” in the Rhemish, “sought all occasion against him.”
would have killed] The word in the original is much stronger, and denotes that she had a settled wish to kill him. Some Versions read “she sought” or “kept seeking” means to kill him.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (19) Herodias had a quarrel.—Better, as in the margin,…
(19) Herodias had a quarrel.—Better, as in the margin, had a grudge, or spite, against him.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 19. Would have killed him. The wicked woman sought…
19. Would have killed him. The wicked woman sought his murder, but could not kill him because Herod refused to consent.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:19-28 Herodias’s role in the murder of John the…
6:19-28 Herodias’s role in the murder of John the Baptist recalls the story of Jezebel (1 Kgs 19:1-2). Herod succumbed to pressure (Mark 6:26-28), which foreshadows the later story of Pontius Pilate, who put Jesus to death against his better judgment (cp. 6:20, 25-28 with 15:6-15).
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