Mark 14:2

But they sayde: not in the feast daye leest eny busynes aryse amonge the people.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1After two dayes folowed ester and the dayes of swete breed. And the hye prestes and the Scrybes sought meanes how they myght take hym by crafte and put him to deeth.

3When he was in Bethania in the housse of Simon the leper even as he sate at meate ther came a woma hauynge an alablaster boxe of oyntment called narde that was pure and costly: and she brake the boxe and powred it on is heed.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:5But they sayd not on the holy daye lest eny vproure aryse amonge the people.

Mark 11:32but if we shall saye of me: then feare we ye people. For all men counted Iohn that he was a verie Prophete.

John 7:40Many of the people when they hearde this sayinge sayd: of a truth this 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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