Mark 14:11

Mark 14:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
• New International Version (NIV)They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. So he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.

Context of Mark 14:11

9I assure you and most solemnly say to you, wherever the good news [regarding salvation] is proclaimed throughout the world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.” 10Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve [disciples], went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. When they heard this they were delighted, and promised to give him money. And he began looking for an opportune time to betray Jesus. 12On the first day [of the festival] of Unleavened Bread, when [as was customary] they sacrificed the Passover lamb, His disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?” 13And He sent two of His disciples, saying to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him;

Mark 14:11 word by word

οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐχάρησαν καὶ ἐπηγγείλαντο αὐτῷ ἀργύριον δοῦναι· καὶ ἐζήτει πῶς αὐτὸν εὐκαίρως παραδοῖ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• when theyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• they were gladχαίρωchairō · to rejoiceG5463
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• promisedἐπαγγέλλωepaggellō · to professG1861
• to giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• moneyἀργύριονargurion · moneyG694
• he soughtζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
• he mightπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• convenientlyεὐκαίρωςeukairōs · well timedG2122

Cross-references for Mark 14:11

• Hosea 7:3They make the king glad with their wickedness, And the princes with their lies.
• Luke 22:5They were delighted and agreed with him to give him money.
• 1 Kings 21:20Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord.
• 2 Kings 5:26Elisha said to him, “Did my heart not go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a [proper] time to accept money and clothing and olive orchards and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female servants?
• Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
• Proverbs 28:21To have regard for one person over another and to show favoritism is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
• Matthew 26:15and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Jesus over to you?” And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver.
• 1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves [through and through] with many sorrows.
• 2 Peter 2:14They have eyes full of adultery, constantly looking for sin, enticing and luring away unstable souls. Having hearts trained in greed, [they are] children of a curse.
• Jude 1:11Woe to them! For they have gone the [defiant] way of Cain, and for profit they have run headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of [mutinous] Korah.

Commentaries on Mark 14:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11They were glad - The joy that arises from the opportunity of murdering an innocent person must be completely infernal.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-11Verses 1-11 See this passage explained in the notes at Mark 14:1 And of unleavened bread - So called because at that feast no other bread was used but that which had been made without leaven or yeast. By craft - By subtlety (Matthew); that is, by some secret plan that would secure possession of him without exciting the opposition of the people. Mark 14:3 Ointment - This word does not convey quite the proper meaning. This was a perfume. It was used only to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11In clear contrast to the woman who anointed Jesus with perfume, Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve disciples, offered to betray Jesus for money (Matthew 26:15; 27:3, 9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money--Matthew alone records the precise sum, because a remarkable and complicated prophecy, which he was afterwards to refer to, was fulfilled by it. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him--or, as more fully given in Luke (Lu 22:6), "And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray Him unto them in the absence of the multitude." That he should avoid an "uproar" or "riot"…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 14:11

• Apostasy
• Betrayal
• Bribery
• Church
• Covetousness
• Judas (Jude)
• Money
• Priest
• Silver
• Traitor

In the dictionaries

• Aforehand
• Craft
• Guest
• Ready
• Good
• Jesus Christ
• Jesus Christ, the Arrest and Trial of
• Judas Iscariot
• Law in the New Testament
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)

Commentaries on Mark 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings