Mark 14:1-2 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:2

For they said ( ἔλεγον γὰρ ) literally, for they were saying— Not 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.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 14:1-11

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:1-16.Mark 14:1And 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 14:3Ointment - 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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 14:1-9

Mark 14:1-9. After two days was the feast of the passover For an explanation of these verses, see the notes on Matthew 26:1-13. Of ointment of spike-nard, very precious “Either the word πιστικη ,” says Dr. Whitby, “answers to the Syriac, pisthaca, and then it may be rendered, nardus spicata, ointment made of the spikes of nard; or, if it be of a Greek original, I think Theophylact well renders it πιστικη η αδολος και μετα πιστεως κατασκευασθεισα , that is, nard unadulterated and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 14:1-11

138. The plot to capture Jesus (Matthew 26:1-16; Mark 14:1-11; Luke 22:1-6)The Passover was only two days away, and Jesus knew its significance in relation to his coming death. Israelites kept the Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread as an annual week-long festival in commemoration of ancient Israel’s deliverance from Egypt. God ‘passed over’ those houses where a lamb had been sacrificed in the place of those under judgment (Exodus 12:1-13). The people then escaped from bondage. For the next... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 14:1

After two days. See App-156 . Compare Matthew 26:2 . After = Greek. Now after. Compare Mark 14:12 . Greek. meta . App-104 . As in verses: Mark 14:28 , Mark 14:70 . passover. Aramaic. App-94 . See note on Matthew 26:2 sought = were seeking. take Him = get hold of Him by. Greek. en. App-104 . Not the same word as in verses: Mark 14:19 , Mark 14:21 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 14:2

Not . Greek. me. App-105 . Not the same word as in verses: Mark 14:7 , Mark 14:29 , Mark 14:36 , Mark 7:37 , Mar 7:49 , Mar 7:58 , Mar 7:68 , Mar 7:71 . On = in; i.e. during. Greek en. App-104 . Not the same word as in verses: Mark 14:3 , Mark 14:6 , Mark 14:35 , Mar 3:46 , Mar 3:62 . uproar = tumult. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 14:1

This and the final two chapters comprise the heart of all that Christianity means. Mark and the other three sacred authors devote more space to the narrative of the arraignment, trials, mockery, suffering, crucifixion, death, burial, and resurrection of Christ than to any other subject. The events and circumstances of this final week of Jesus' ministry are the most important of all human history. Here the decisive battle for human redemption was won; the Seed of Woman bruised the head of the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 14:1

Mark 14:1. By craft,— By Surprise. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 14:1

1. After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread—The meaning is, that two days after what is about to be mentioned the passover would arrive; in other words, what follows occurred two days before the feast. and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death—From Matthew's fuller account ( :-) we learn that our Lord announced this to the Twelve as follows, being the first announcement to them of the precise time: "And it... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 14:2

2. But they said, Not on the feast day—rather, not during the feast; not until the seven days of unleavened bread should be over. lest there be an uproar of the people—In consequence of the vast influx of strangers, embracing all the male population of the land who had reached a certain age, there were within the walls of Jerusalem at this festival some two million people; and in their excited state, the danger of tumult and bloodshed among "the people," who for the most part took Jesus for a... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 14:1-11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 14:1-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 14:1-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 14:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 14:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 14:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 14:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 14:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 14:2

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