Mark 14:2

for they said: “Not during the Festival, for fear of a riot.”

Twentieth Century 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

1It was now two days before the Festival of the Passover and the Unleavened bread. The Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law were looking for an opportunity to arrest Jesus by stealth, and to put him to death;

3When Jesus was still at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, while he was at table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of choice spikenard perfume of great value. She broke the jar, and poured the perfume on his head.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:5but they said: “Not during the Festival, for fear of causing a riot.”

Mark 11:32Yet can we say ‘human’?” — They were afraid of the people, for everyone regarded John as undoubtedly a Prophet.

John 7:40But, as it is, you are seeking to put me to death — a man who has told you the Truth as he heard it from God. Abraham did not act in that way.

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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