Mark 14:2

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

King James Version · Read in your translation · Open the Explore console

Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
But	δέ dé	G1161	but
said	ἔλεγον elegon	G3004	properly · verb — imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural
Not	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
on	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
feast	ἑορτῇ he'ortēa	G1859	a festival · noun — dative singular feminine
lest	μήποτε mḗpote	G3379	not ever
be	ἔσομαι ésomai	G2071	will be
uproar	θόρυβος thorubos	G2351	a disturbance · noun — nominative singular masculine
people	λαοῦ.¶ laou	G2992	a people (in general · noun — genitive singular masculine

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Proverbs 19:21 There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Lamentations 3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Matthew 26:5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Mark 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 astonishe…
Mark 11:32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
Luke 20:6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
John 7:40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 14:1-11

We have here instances, I. Of the kindness of Christ's friends, and the provision made of respect and honour for him. Some friends he had, even in and about Jerusalem, that loved him, and never thought they could do enough for him, among whom, though Israel be not gathered, he is, and will be, glorious. 1. Here was one friend, that was so kind as to invite him to sup with him; and he was so kind as to accept the invitation, Mar 14:3. Though he had a prospect of his death approaching, yet he did not abandon himself to a melancholy retirement from all company, but conversed as freely with his friends as usual. 2. Here was another friend, that was so kind as to anoint his head with very preciou…

Read the whole note in the console

Adam Clarke on Mark 14:1

Unleavened bread - After they began to eat unleavened bread: see on Mat 26:2 (note).

John Gill on Mark 14:2

But they said not on the feast day,.... The feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread, which was nigh at hand, and would be two days hence, when there would be a great concourse of people from all parts to keep it: and therefore they did not choose to seize him, and put him to death at that time, lest there should be an uproar of the people; or among them, lest they should rise in his favour, and rescue him out of their hands; See Gill on Matthew 26:5.

John Calvin on Mark 14:1-9

Mark 14:1-9 Matthew 26:1-13 Mark 14:1-9 Luke 22:1-2 1. And it happened when Jesus had finished all these discourses, he said to his disciples, 2. You know that after two days is the passover; and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3. Then were assembled the chief priests, and scribes, and elders of the people, in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4. And entered into consultation how they would take Jesus by stratagem, and kill him. 5. But they said, Not during the festival, lest there be a commotion among the people. 6. And when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7. A woman came to him, having ointment, and poured it on his head, while h…

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 14:1-11

Adam Clarke on Mark 14:1

John Gill on Mark 14:2

John Calvin on Mark 14:1-9

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 14:1-11

Adam Clarke on Mark 14:1

John Gill on Mark 14:2

John Calvin on Mark 14:1-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 14:1–end