Mark 14:2

and they said, 'Not in the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1And the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him;

3And he, being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at his reclining (at meat), there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very precious, and having broken the alabaster box, did pour on his head;

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Cross References

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah.

Matthew 26:5and they said, 'Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'

Mark 11:32But if we may say, From men,' — they were fearing the people, for all were holding John that he was indeed a prophet;

John 7:40Many, therefore out of the multitude, having heard the word, 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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