Mark 14:2

But they said: Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

In Context

1After two days was the passover and the feast of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and kill him.

3And while he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined at table, there came a woman that had an alabaster box of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:5But they said: Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.

Mark 11:32But if we say, From men, they feared the people; for all regarded John as a prophet indeed.

John 7:40Therefore, many of the multitude, when they had heard this word, said: This is, in truth, the prophet.

Matthew Henry on Mark 14:2-12

Christ Anointed at Bethany; Judas Engages to Betray Christ. 1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. 3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.… Read the whole commentary →

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