Mark 6:19

And Herodias bore a grudge against Yochanan and desired to kill him. But she could not.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

In Context

18But Yochanan was saying to Herod, It is not mutar according to the Torah for you to have your brotherʼs wife. + 6:18 Lv 18:16; 20:21

20For Herod feared Yochanan, knowing him [to be] a tzaddik and kadosh, and Herod was protecting Yochanan. And when Herod heard Yochanan, he was greatly disturbed, and [yet] gladly Herod was listening to Yochanan.

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:20And Ach'av said to Eliyahu, Hast thou found me, O mine oyev? And he answered, I have found thee; because thou hast sold thyself to work rah in front of the eyes of Hashem.

Isaiah 42:20Seeing rabbot, but thou observest not; 1 opening the oznayim, but he heareth not. 1

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:15-30

The Death of John the Baptist. 14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. 16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake,… Read the whole commentary →

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