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Mark 14:1–2

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The Plot to Kill Jesus

1aNow bthe Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes cwere seeking how, after seizing Him in secret, they might kill Him;

2for they were saying, “Not during the festival, lest there be a riot of the people.”

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Cross references

  1. aMark 14:1, 2: Matt 26:2–5; Luke 22:1, 2
  2. bEx 12:1–27; Mark 14:12; John 11:55; 13:1
  3. cMatt 12:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. “But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a cunning way to arrest Jesus and kill him. “Not during the festival,” they said, “so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

NLTNew Living Translation

It was now two days before Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The leading priests and the teachers of religious law were still looking for an opportunity to capture Jesus secretly and kill him. “But not during the Passover celebration,” they agreed, “or the people may riot.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now after two days it was the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, after arresting him by stealth, they could kill him. For they said, “Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar by the people.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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