Mark 14:2

“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.

3While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.

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Cross References

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

Matthew 26:5“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”

Mark 11:32But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.

John 7:40On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly 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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