Mark 14:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Mark 14:3

The Plot to Kill Jesus

1 After ^atwo days it was the Passover and ^bthe Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by¹ trickery and put Him to death.

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

The Anointing at Bethany

3 ^aAnd being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly¹ oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head.

4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, “Why was this fragrant oil wasted?

5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred ^adenarii and given to the poor.” And they ^bcriticized her sharply.

6 But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me.

7 ^aFor you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; ^bbut Me you do not have always.

8 She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial.

9 Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is ^apreached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

10 ^aThen Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Him to them.

11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. So he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.

Jesus Celebrates the Passover with His Disciples

12 ^aNow on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they¹ killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?”

13 And He sent out two of His disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him.

14 Wherever he goes in, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?” ’

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Definitions of words in Mark 14:3:

Alabaster {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Alabaster {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

As {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Bethany {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Bethany {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Bethany {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Head {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

His {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

House {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
House {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Oil {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Oil {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Spikenard {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Spikenard {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Table {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Very {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Woman {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Woman {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

On {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
On {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Simon {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

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