American Standard Version
Mark 14:2
2for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.
Mark 14:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
- New International Version (NIV)“But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)for they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people."
- New King James Version (NKJV)But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.”
Context of Mark 14:2
1Now after two days wasthe feast ofthe passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtlety, and kill him: for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people. 3And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; and she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head. 4But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?
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ἔλεγον γάρ· μὴ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ μήποτε ἔσται θόρυβος τοῦ λαοῦ.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Mark 14:2
- Proverbs 19:21There are many devices in a man’s heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.
- Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.
- Lamentations 3:27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
- Matthew 26:5But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people.
- Mark 11:18And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
- Luke 20:6But if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
- John 7:40Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
- John 12:19The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold how ye prevail nothing; lo, the world is gone after him.
Commentaries on Mark 14:2
- 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. 1-2The leading priests and the teachers of the law had planned to kill Jesus (see 3:6; 11:18; 12:12). Now their plan reaches its final stage.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. But they said, Not on the feast day--rather, not during the feast; not until the seven days of unleavened bread should be over. lest there be an uproar of the people--In consequence of the vast influx of strangers, embracing all the male population of the land who had reached a certain age, there were within the walls of Jerusalem at this festival some two million people; and in their excited state, the danger of tumult and bloodshed among "the…Read the comment
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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
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