Mark 6:19
Herodias layd wayte for him and wolde have killed him but she coulde not.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
In Context
18Iohn sayd vnto Herode: It is not laufull for the to have thy brothers wyfe.
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 →