Mark 6:19
But Herodia herself was adverse to him, and wished to kill him, but she could not.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
In Context
18For Juchanon had said to Herodes, It is not lawful to thee to take the wife of thy brother.
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 →