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

1Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him; for they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people.” 3While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head. 4But some were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted?

Mark 14:2 word by word

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

• for they were sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Not duringἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the festivalἑορτήheortē · festivalG1859
• otherwiseμήποτεmēpote mē pote · lestG3379
• there might be a riotθόρυβοςthorubos · commotionG2351
• of the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992

Cross-references for Mark 14:2

• Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, But the counsel of the Lord will stand.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom and no understanding And no counsel against the Lord.
• Lamentations 3:27It is good for a man that he should bear The yoke in his youth.
• Matthew 26:5But they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people.”
• Mark 11:18The chief priests and the scribes heard this, and began seeking how to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, for the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.
• Luke 20:6But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
• John 7:40Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is the Prophet.”
• John 12:19So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has 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

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