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 now two days before Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The leading priests and the teachers of religious law were still looking for an opportunity to capture Jesus secretly and kill him. “But not during the Passover celebration,” they agreed, “or the people may riot.” 3Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy. While he was eating, a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume over his head. 4Some of those at the table were indignant. “Why waste such expensive perfume?” they asked.

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 19:21You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.
• Proverbs 21:30No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord.
• Lamentations 3:27And it is good for people to submit at an early age to the yoke of his discipline:
• Matthew 26:5“But not during the Passover celebration,” they agreed, “or the people may riot.”
• Mark 11:18When the leading priests and teachers of religious law heard what Jesus had done, they began planning how to kill him. But they were afraid of him because the people were so amazed at his teaching.
• Luke 20:6But if we say it was merely human, the people will stone us because they are convinced John was a prophet.”
• John 7:40When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, “Surely this man is the Prophet we’ve been expecting.”
• John 12:19Then the Pharisees said to each other, “There’s nothing we can do. Look, everyone 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