Mark 14:1

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:

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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.

In Context

2But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear there may be trouble among the people.

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Cross References

Leviticus 2:6Let it be broken into bits, and put oil on it; it is a meal offering.

Numbers 28:16And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the Lord's Passover.

Psalms 2:1Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

Psalms 62:4\62:3\How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?

Psalms 64:2\64:1\O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

Matthew 12:14But the Pharisees went out and made designs against him, how they might put him to death.

Matthew Henry on Mark 14:1

In this chapter begins the account which this evangelist gives of the death and sufferings of our Lord Jesus, which we are all concerned to be acquainted, not only with the history of, but with the mystery of. Here is, I. The plot of the chief priests and scribes against Christ, ver. 1, 2 . II. The anointing of Christ's head at a supper in Bethany, two days before his death, ver. 3-9 . III. The contract Judas made with the chief priests, to betray him, ver. 10, 11 . IV. Christ's eating the passover with his… Read the whole commentary →

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