Mark 14:2

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1It 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:

3And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, seated at table, there came a woman with a bottle of perfumed oil of great price; and when the bottle was broken she put the perfume on his head.

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Cross References

Proverbs 21:30Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

Matthew 26:5But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.

Mark 11:32But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.

John 7:40When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly 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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