Mark 14:2

2 ἔλεγον γάρ · Μὴ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ, μήποτε ἔσται θόρυβος ⸃ τοῦ λαοῦ.

Mark 14:2 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:2

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 Matthew 26:5).

Mark 14:2 In-Context

1 Ἦν δὲ τὸ πάσχα καὶ τὰ ἄζυμα μετὰ δύο ἡμέρας. καὶ ἐζήτουν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς πῶς αὐτὸν ἐν δόλῳ κρατήσαντες ἀποκτείνωσιν,

2 ἔλεγον γάρ · Μὴ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ, μήποτε ἔσται θόρυβος ⸃ τοῦ λαοῦ.

3 Καὶ ὄντος αὐτοῦ ἐν Βηθανίᾳ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ Σίμωνος τοῦ λεπροῦ κατακειμένου αὐτοῦ ἦλθεν γυνὴ ἔχουσα ἀλάβαστρον μύρου νάρδου πιστικῆς πολυτελοῦς · συντρίψασα τὴν ἀλάβαστρον κατέχεεν αὐτοῦ τῆς κεφαλῆς.

4 ἦσαν δέ τινες ἀγανακτοῦντες πρὸς ἑαυτούς · Εἰς τί ἡ ἀπώλεια αὕτη τοῦ μύρου γέγονεν;

5 ἠδύνατο γὰρ τοῦτο τὸ μύρον ⸃ πραθῆναι ἐπάνω δηναρίων τριακοσίων ⸃ καὶ δοθῆναι τοῖς πτωχοῖς · καὶ ἐνεβριμῶντο αὐτῇ.