Mark 14:2

For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of 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

1It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.

3While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard-very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.

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Cross References

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understandingnor counsel against the Lord.

Matthew 26:5But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."

Mark 11:32If we should say, 'From man'"-they feared the crowd, for all held John to really be a prophet.

John 7:40Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, 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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