Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
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Gill's Exposition
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…
See this account of the death of John the Baptist fully explained in the notes at Mat 14:1-12. Mar 6:20 For Herod feared John - That is, he stood in awe of him on account of his sanctity, and his…
Adam Clarke
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).
Here is, I. The wild notions that the people had concerning our Lord Jesus, Mar 6:15. His own countrymen could believe nothing great concerning him, because they knew his poor kindred; but others that…
Cambridge Bible
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…
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