Mark 14:2

But they said: Not on the festival, lest there be commotion among the people.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1And after two days, was the passover of unleavened cakes. And the chief priests and the Scribes sought how they might take him by stratagem, and kill him.

3And when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined, a woman came having an alabaster box of precious ointment of spikenard, of great price; and she opened and poured upon the head of Jesus.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:5But they said: Not on the festival, lest there be a commotion among the people.

Mark 11:32But if we should say, From men; there is fear from the people; for they have all held John to be truly a prophet.

John 7:40And many of the multitude who heard his discourses, said: Certainly, he is 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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