Mark 14:2

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

Revised King James New Testament

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

In Context

1After 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 secretly, and put him to death.

3And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined at table, there came a woman having an alabaster vial of perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial, and poured it on his head.

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Cross References

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

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

John 7:40Many of the people, when they heard this, said, Truly this is 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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