Mark 14:2

For they said, Not at the feast, lest there shall be an uproar of the people.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1And it was the passover and feast of unleavened bread after two days. And the high priests and scribes were seeking how they might kill Him, having taken Him by stratagem.

3And He being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, He sitting at the table, a woman came having an alabaster box of myrrh of spikenard estimated very valuable; and breaking the alabastar box, she poured it on His head.

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Cross References

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

Mark 11:32But if we may say, From men; they feared the people: for all held John that he was a prophet.

John 7:40Then those hearing these words from the multitude, were saying, 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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