Mark 14:2

For they said: Not at the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1TWO days after, 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 put him to death.

3And he being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of pure spikenard, very precious; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:5But they said: Not at the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.

Mark 11:32If we say, from heaven; he will say, why then did ye not believe him? But shall we say from men? They feared the people; for all held that John was verily a prophet.

John 7:40Some of the multitude therefore, hearing the words, said: Of a truth this is 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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