Mark 14:2

For they said, Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar 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

1And two days after was the passover, and the feast of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by craft, and put him to death.

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

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Cross References

Proverbs 21:30Wisdom is nothing, and understanding is nothing, And devices are nothing, against the LORD.

Matthew 26:5But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.

Mark 11:32But shall we say, From men? They feared the people; for all regarded John as truly a prophet.

John 7:40Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is in truth the prophet. Others said, This is the Christ.

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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