Berean Standard Bible
Mark 14:11
11They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money.
So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
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
9And truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.” 10Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus. 12On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” 13So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him,
Read all of Mark 14Mark 14:11 word by word
οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐχάρησαν καὶ ἐπηγγείλαντο αὐτῷ ἀργύριον δοῦναι· καὶ ἐζήτει πῶς αὐτὸν εὐκαίρως παραδοῖ.¶Read the interlinear
- They were delightedχαίρωchairō · to rejoiceG5463
- ·δέde · thenG1161
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- to hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- they promisedἐπαγγέλλωepaggellō · to professG1861
- to giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- moneyἀργύριονargurion · moneyG694
- began to look forζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
- an opportunityπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
- an opportunityεὐκαίρωςeukairōs · well timedG2122
- to betrayπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
Cross-references for Mark 14:11
- Hosea 7:3They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
- Luke 22:5They were delighted and agreed to give him money.
- 1 Kings 21:20When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 5:26But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?
- Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
- Proverbs 28:21To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
- Matthew 26:15and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
- 1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
- 2 Peter 2:14Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
- Jude 1:11Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
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
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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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