Mark 14:2

George Lamsa Translation

And they said, Not during the feast, for it may cause a riot among the people.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Not during the festival,” they said, “so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

King James Version (1611)
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an vprore of the people.

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

English Standard Version
for they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people."

New American Standard Bible
for they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise there will be a riot of the people."

New Century Version
But they said, "We must not do it during the feast, because the people might cause a riot."

Amplified Bible
but they were saying, "Not during the festival, for the people might riot."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
for they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people."

Legacy Standard Bible
for they were saying, "Not during the festival, lest there be a riot of the people."

Berean Standard Bible
"But not during the feast," they said, "or there may be a riot among the people."

Contemporary English Version
They were saying, "We must not do it during the festival, because the people will riot."

Complete Jewish Bible
for they said, "Not during the festival, or the people will riot."

Darby Translation
For they said, Not in the feast, lest perhaps there be a tumult of the people.

Easy-to-Read Version
They said, "But we cannot arrest Jesus during the festival. We don't want the people to be angry and cause a riot."

Geneva Bible (1587)
But they sayde, Not in the feast day, least there be any tumult among the people.

Good News Translation
"We must not do it during the festival," they said, "or the people might riot."

Lexham English Bible
For they said, "Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar by the people."

Literal Translation
But they said, Not during the Feast, lest there will be a tumult of the people.

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

Bible in Basic English
But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear there may be trouble among the people.

Hebrew Names Version
For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."

International Standard Version
For they kept saying, "This must not happen during the festival, lest there be a riot among the people."

Etheridge Translation
And they said, Not on the festival, lest there be a commotion among the people.

Murdock Translation
But they said: Not on the festival, lest there be commotion among the people.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But they sayde: not in the feast day, lest any busines arise among the people.

English Revised Version
for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.

World English Bible
For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people.

Weymouth's New Testament
But they said, "Not on the Festival-day, for fear there should be a riot among the people."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But thei seiden, Not in the feeste dai, lest perauenture a noyse were maad among the puple.

Update Bible Version
for they said, Not during the feast, lest perhaps there shall be a tumult of the people.

Webster's Bible Translation
But they said, Not on the feast-[day], lest there should be an uproar of the people.

New English Translation
For they said, "Not during the feast, so there won't be a riot among the people."

New King James Version
But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people."

New Living Translation
"But not during the Passover celebration," they agreed, "or the people may riot."

New Life Bible
These men said, "This must not happen on the day of the special supper. The people would be against it and make much trouble."

New Revised Standard
for they said, "Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
for they were saying - Not in the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But they said: Not on the festival day, lest there should be a tumult among the people.

Revised Standard Version
for they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But they sayde: not in the feast daye leest eny busynes aryse amonge the people.

Young's Literal Translation
and they said, `Not in the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But they sayde: Not in the feast daye, lest there be an vproure in the people.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but they objected, it could not be during the festival, for fear of a popular insurrection.

Simplified Cowboy Version
before the special Passover celebration, because they didn't want the people to riot.

Contextual Overview

¹ AFTER two days, the passover of un leavened bread was to come; and the high priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize him by craft and kill him. ² And they said, Not during the feast, for it may cause a riot among the people. ³ When he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, while he reclined, there came a woman who had with her an alabaster vessel of perfume of pure nard, of good quality and very expensive; and she opened it, and poured it upon the head of Jesus. ⁴ But there were some men of the disciples who were displeased within themselves, and said, Why was this perfume wasted? ⁵ For it could have been sold for more than three hundred pennies and given to the poor. So they annoyed her. ⁶ Jesus said, Leave her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a good work to me. ⁷ For you always have the poor with you, and when you wish, you can do good to them; but I am not always with you. ⁸ But this one has done it with what she had; she anointed my body in advance as for the burial. ⁹ And truly I say to you, Wherever this my gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her. ¹⁰ Then Judas of Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the high priests, to deliver Jesus to them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Not: Proverbs 19:21, Proverbs 21:30, Lamentations 3:27, Matthew 26:5

lest: Mark 11:18, Mark 11:32, Luke 20:6, John 7:40, John 12:19

Reciprocal: Matthew 14:5 - when Matthew 26:2 - know Luke 22:1 - General Luke 22:6 - in the absence of the multitude John 13:1 - the feast Acts 4:27 - the people Acts 21:31 - that all

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanites extended from Sidon, which is at the entrance of Gadar, as far as Gaza; which is at the entrance of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, as far as Lasha.

Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the land of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of God, like the land of Egypt at the entrance of Zoan.

Genesis 14:9
With Cardlaamar, the king of Elam, Tarael the king of Gelites, Amarphel king of Sinar, and Arioch king of Dalasar; four kings against five.

Genesis 14:10
And the valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and those who survived fled to the mountain.

Genesis 14:20
And blessed be the Most High God, who has delivered your enemies into your hands. And Abram gave him tithes of everything.

Deuteronomy 29:23
Laying it waste with brimstone and with scorched salt, that the whole land is not sown, nor any grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath;

Deuteronomy 34:3
And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

1 Samuel 13:18
And another went toward the way of Beth-hauran; and another turned toward the way of the border that looks toward the valley of Zebaon and to the wilderness.

Nehemiah 11:34
Hadar, Zebaon, Neballat,

Isaiah 15:5
My heart shall cry out for Moab; they shall howl as they flee to Zoar; Moab was strong like a three year old heifer; for by the ascent of Luhith they shall go up with weeping; and in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 the stalk and fruit are used for that purpose.

And she brake the box - This may mean no more than that she broke the “seal” of the box, so that it could be poured out. Boxes of perfumes are often sealed or made fast with wax, to prevent the perfume from escaping. It was not likely that she would break the box itself when it was unnecessary, and when the unguent, being liquid, would have been wasted; nor from a broken box or vial could she easily have “poured it” on his head.

Mark 14:5

Three hundred pence - About forty dollars (or 9 British pounds). See the notes at Matthew 26:7.

Mark 14:8

She hath done what she could - She has showed the highest attachment in her power; and it was, as it is now, a sufficient argument against there being any “real” waste, that it was done for the honor of Christ. See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:1-16.