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Mark 14:2

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does Mark 14:2 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.
Mark 14:2 — American Standard Version

Context — Mark 14

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1Now 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:
2for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.
3And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; [and] she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head.
4But there were some that had indignation among themselves, [saying], To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?
5For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“But they said not on the feast day, etc..] 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 “<402605>Matthew 26:5”).”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:1-16. 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 give a pleasant odor, and was liquid. Of spikenard - The “nard,” from which this perfume was made, is a plant of the East Indies, with a small, slender stalk, and a heavy, thick root. The best perfume is obtained from the root, though…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Not: Pro 19:21, Pro 21:30; Lam 3:27; Mat 26:5 lest: Mar 11:18, Mar 11:32; Luk 20:6; Joh 7:40, Joh 12:19 Mark 14:3”
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