Mark 14:2

But they sayde: not in the feast day, lest any busines arise among the people.

Bible (Bishops')

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 dayes was [the feaste] of the Passouer, & of vnleuened bread. And the hye priestes and the scribes, sought howe they myght take him by craft, and put hym to death.

3And when he was at Bethanie, in the house of Simon the leper, euen as he sate at meate, there came a woman hauyng an alabaster boxe of very precious oyntment, [called] Narde pisrike, and she brake the boxe, and powred it on his head.

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Cross References

Proverbs 21:30There is no wysdome, there is no vnderstanding, there is no counsayle against the Lorde.

Matthew 26:5But they sayde: Not on the feast [day] lest there be an vprore among ye people.

Mark 11:32But yf we shal say, of men, we feare the people. For all men counted Iohn, that he was a very prophete.

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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