Bible verse
“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
Mark 14:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Mark 14.
1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
2 “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
3 While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
4 Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?
5 It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
KJV
But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar of the people.
ASV
for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.
ERV
for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.
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