Mark 14:1

After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
KJV
After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
WEB
It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception and kill him.
ASV
Now after two days was [the feast of] the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtlety, and kill him:
DARBY
Now the passover and the [feast of] unleavened bread was after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might seize him by subtlety and kill him.
BLB
And after two days it would be the Passover and the Unleavened. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, having taken Him by stealth, they might kill [Him].
ÅB
Men to dager deretter var det påske og de usyrede brøds høytid. Og yppersteprestene og de skriftlærde søkte råd til å gripe ham med list og slå ham ihjel;
OTB
Nå nærmet påsken og de usyrede brøds høytid seg, og overprestene og de skriftlærde planla å arrestere Jesus i hemmelighet og drepe ham;
B1930
Men to dager derefter var det påske og de usyrede brøds høitid. Og yppersteprestene og de skriftlærde søkte råd til å gripe ham med list og slå ham ihjel;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 12:6–20

    And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

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  • Luke 22:1–2

    Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

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  • John 13:1

    Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:1–8

    Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

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  • Leviticus 23:5–7

    In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’s passover.

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  • Acts 4:25–28

    Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

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  • Psalms 62:4

    They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

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  • Matthew 26:2–5

    Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

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