“Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:”
So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to — the character dynamics mirror the Elijah-Jezebel pattern of 1 Kings 19: the powerful woman who wants the prophet's death but cannot immediately accomplish it due to the king's hesitation. Herodias wants to kill; Herod hesitates. The word nursed a grudge (enichen, had it in for him) communicates sustained, personal hostility — not a passing irritation but a settled determination to destroy John. The inability to accomplish her goal is not lack of will but lack of the right opportunity.
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