Mark 14:2

for they were saying—Not in the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Now it was the Passover and the Unleavened [cakes], after two days. And the High-priests and Scribes were seeking, how, with guile, they might secure, and lay him;

3And, he being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining, there came a woman, holding an alabaster-jar of perfume, pure spikenard, very costly; and breaking the jar she was pouring down [the perfume], upon his head.

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Cross References

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel, to confront Yahweh.

Matthew 26:5They were saying, however: Not during the feast, lest, an uproar, arise among the people.

Mark 11:32But, should we say, Of men…, they were in fear of the multitude, for, one and all, were holding John, in very deed, that he was, a prophet.

John 7:40Some from amongst the multitude, therefore, having hearkened unto these words, were saying—This, is, in truth, 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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