Mark 14:2

But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be a commotion among the people.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 but two days distant; and the chief priests, and the scribes, sought how they might seize him by craft, and kill him.

3And when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, a woman came, having an alabaster vase of ointment, of genuine spikenard, of vast value: and breaking the vase, she let it flow down upon his head.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:5But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there be a tumult among the people.

Mark 11:32but if we say of men―they feared the people: for all men held John to be in truth a prophet.

John 7:40Many then of the multitude, when they heard this declaration, said, This man is certainly a 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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