Mark 14:2

for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Now after two days was [the feast of] the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtlety, and kill him:

3And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; [and] she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head.

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Cross References

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.

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

Mark 11:32But should we say, From men--they feared the people: for all verily held John to be a prophet.

John 7:40[Some] of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a 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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