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

1Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. For they said, “Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.” 3Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head. 4But some who were present indignantly said to one another, “Why this waste of expensive ointment?

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 19:21There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.
• Lamentations 3:27It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young. י (Yod)
• Matthew 26:5But they said, “Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”
• Mark 11:18The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.
• Luke 20:6But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
• John 7:40When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say, “This really is the Prophet!”
• John 12:19Thus the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off 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