Mark 14:2

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

1It was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings were looking for some underhanded way to arrest Jesus and to kill him. However, they said, “We shouldn’t arrest him during the festival, or else there will be a riot among the people.” 3Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had suffered from a skin disease. While Jesus was sitting there, a woman went to him. She had a bottle of very expensive perfume made from pure nard. She opened the bottle and poured the perfume on his head. 4Some who were there were irritated and said to one another, “Why was the perfume wasted like this?

Mark 14:2 word by word

ἔλεγον γάρ· μὴ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ μήποτε ἔσται θόρυβος τοῦ λαοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• they saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Notμήmē · notG3361
• onἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the feastὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the feastἑορτήheortē · festivalG1859
• lestμήποτεmēpote mē pote · lestG3379
• there beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• an uproarθόρυβοςthorubos · commotionG2351
• of the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992

Cross-references for Mark 14:2

• Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in the human heart, but the advice of the Lord will endure.
• Proverbs 21:30No wisdom, no understanding, and no advice ⌞can stand up⌟ against the Lord.
• Lamentations 3:27It is good for people to endure burdens when they’re young.
• Matthew 26:5But they said, “We shouldn’t arrest him during the festival, or else there may be a riot among the people.”
• Mark 11:18When the chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings heard him, they looked for a way to kill him. They were afraid of him because he amazed all the crowds with his teaching.
• Luke 20:6But if we say, ‘from humans,’ everyone will stone us to death. They’re convinced that John was a prophet.”
• John 7:40After some of the crowd heard Jesus say these words, they said, “This man is certainly the prophet.”
• John 12:19The Pharisees said to each other, “This is getting us nowhere. Look! The whole world is following 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

Topics related to Mark 14:2

• Passover

In the dictionaries

• Aforehand
• Craft
• Guest
• Ready
• Chronology of the New Testament
• Good
• Hap; Haply
• Jesus Christ
• Jesus Christ, the Arrest and Trial of
• Law in the New Testament

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