For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.”
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For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.”
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But they sayde: not in the feast daye leest eny busynes aryse amonge the people.
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But they sayde, Not in the feast day, least there be any tumult among the people.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Mark 14:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 19:21 There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.
- Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.
- Lamentations 3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
- Matthew 26:5 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”
- Mark 11:18 The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
- Mark 11:32 If we should say, ‘From men’ ”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.
- Luke 20:6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
- John 7:40 Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
- John 12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2 But they said, Not on the feast day,…
2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
Ver. 2. Not on the feast day] And yet they did it on the feast day, as loth to lose the opportunity then offered them by Judas the traitor. But God had a special hand in it, that by the circumstance of time Christ might appear to be the true passover. He was crucified on the very true day of that feast.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But they said not on the feast day,.... The…
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 Mat 26:5.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain They were not so much afraid of the sedition…
They were not so much afraid of the sedition itself, as of the people delivering Christ out of their hands. (Ven. Bede)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For they said (elegon gar) literally, for they were…
For they said (elegon gar) literally, for they were sayingNot during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people. The same cause induced them to avoid the time of the feast. The feast brought a great multitude of Jews to Jerusalem, amongst whom would be many who had received bodily or spiritual benefits from Christ, and who therefore, at least, worshipped him as a Prophet; and the rulers of the people feared lest these should rise in his defense. Their first intention, therefore, was not to destroy him until after the close of the Paschal feast; but they were overruled by the course of events, all ordered by God"s never-failing providence. The sudden betrayal of our Lord by Judas led them to change their minds. For when they found that he was actually in their hands, they resolved to crucify him forthwith. And thus the Divine purpose was fulfilled that Christ should suffer at that particular time, and so the type be satisfied. For the lamb slain at the Passover was a type of the very Paschal Lamb to be sacrificed at that particular time, in the predetermined purpose of God; and to be lifted up upon the cross for the redemption of the world. St. Matthew (Mat_26:3) tells us that they were gathered together "unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas." It was necessary to state his name, because the high priests were now frequently changed by the Roman power.
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