Mark 14:2

Good News Translation

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

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.

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

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 It was now two days before the Festival of Passover and Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death. ² "We must not do it during the festival," they said, "or the people might riot." ³ Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a dreaded skin disease. While Jesus was eating, a woman came in with an alabaster jar full of a very expensive perfume made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus' head. ⁴ Some of the people there became angry and said to one another, "What was the use of wasting the perfume? ⁵ It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!" And they criticized her harshly. ⁶ But Jesus said, "Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a fine and beautiful thing for me. ⁷ You will always have poor people with you, and any time you want to, you can help them. But you will not always have me. ⁸ She did what she could; she poured perfume on my body to prepare it ahead of time for burial. ⁹ Now, I assure you that wherever the gospel is preached all over the world, what she has done will be told in memory of her." ¹⁰ Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went off to the chief priests in order to betray 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
until the Canaanite borders reached from Sidon southward to Gerar near Gaza, and eastward to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim near Lasha.

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley, all the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the Lord or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Genesis 14:9
against the kings of Elam, Goiim, Babylonia, and Ellasar, five kings against four.

Genesis 14:10
The valley was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah tried to run away from the battle, they fell into the pits; but the other three kings escaped to the mountains.

Genesis 14:20
May the Most High God, who gave you victory over your enemies, be praised!" And Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the loot he had recovered.

Deuteronomy 29:23
The fields will be a barren waste, covered with sulfur and salt; nothing will be planted, and not even weeds will grow there. Your land will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, of Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed when he was furiously angry.

Deuteronomy 34:3
the southern part of Judah; and the plain that reaches from Zoar to Jericho, the city of palm trees.

1 Samuel 13:18
another went toward Beth Horon, and the other one went to the border overlooking Zeboim Valley and the wilderness.

Nehemiah 11:34
Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

Isaiah 15:5
My heart cries out for Moab! The people have fled to the town of Zoar, and to Eglath Shelishiyah. Some climb the road to Luhith, weeping as they go; some escape to Horonaim, grieving loudly.

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.