Mark 14:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.”

Mark 14:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Mark 14:2 in 6 Bible Translations

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Mark 14:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.””

Mark 14:2 — World English Bible

Mark 14:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people. ”

Mark 14:2 — American Standard Version

Mark 14:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and they said, `Not in the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.'”

Mark 14:2 — Young's Literal Translation

Mark 14:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Mark 14:2 — Darby Translation

Mark 14:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But they sayde, Not in the feast day, least there be any tumult among the people.”

Mark 14:2 — Geneva Bible

Mark 14:2 in Context — Mark 14

1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

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

3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

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What Does Mark 14:2 Mean?

Mark 14:2 is a verse from the Book of Mark, part of the New Testament. It appears in Mark chapter 14. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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