Mark 14:2
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.
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.
4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
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.
Compare
- BSB
- “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
- KJV
- But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
- WEB
- For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.”
- ASV
- for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.
- DARBY
- For they said, Not in the feast, lest perhaps there be a tumult of the people.
- BLB
- For they were saying, “Not during the feast, lest there will be an uproar of the people.”
- ÅB
- for de sa: Ikke på høytiden, for at det ikke skal bli oppstyr blant folket.
- OTB
- "Ikke under høytiden," sa de, "ellers kan folket gjøre opprør."
- B1930
- for de sa: Ikke på høitiden, forat det ikke skal bli opstyr blandt folket.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 7:40
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Read in contextMark 11:18
And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
Read in contextProverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Read in contextMark 11:32
But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
Read in contextLuke 20:6
But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
Read in contextJohn 12:19
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
Read in contextLamentations 3:27
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Read in contextMatthew 26:5
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
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