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Text -- Mark 14:1-28 (NET)
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The Plot Against Jesus
14:1 Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread , the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
14:2 For they said , “Not during the feast , so there won’t be a riot among the people .”
Jesus’ Anointing
14:3 Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper , reclining at the table , a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard . After breaking open the jar , she poured it on his head .
14:4 But some who were present indignantly said to one another , “Why this waste of expensive ointment ?
14:5 It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor !” So they spoke angrily to her .
14:6 But Jesus said , “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me .
14:7 For you will always have the poor with you , and you can do good for them whenever you want . But you will not always have me !
14:8 She did what she could . She anointed my body beforehand for burial .
14:9 I tell you the truth , wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world , what she has done will also be told in memory of her .”
The Plan to Betray Jesus
14:10 Then Judas Iscariot , one of the twelve , went to the chief priests to betray Jesus into their hands .
14:11 When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money . So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him .
The Passover
14:12 Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread , when the Passover lamb is sacrificed , Jesus ’ disciples said to him , “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover ?”
14:13 He sent two of his disciples and told them , “Go into the city , and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you . Follow him .
14:14 Wherever he enters , tell the owner of the house , ‘The Teacher says , “Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples ?”’
14:15 He will show you a large room upstairs , furnished and ready . Make preparations for us there .”
14:16 So the disciples left , went into the city , and found things just as he had told them , and they prepared the Passover .
14:17 Then , when it was evening , he came to the house with the twelve .
14:18 While they were at the table eating , Jesus said , “I tell you the truth , one of you eating with me will betray me .”
14:19 They were distressed , and one by one said to him , “Surely not I ?”
14:20 He said to them , “It is one of the twelve , one who dips his hand with me into the bowl .
14:21 For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him , but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed ! It would be better for him if he had never been born .”
The Lord’s Supper
14:22 While they were eating , he took bread , and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them , and said , “Take it. This is my body .”
14:23 And after taking the cup and giving thanks , he gave it to them , and they all drank from it .
14:24 He said to them , “This is my blood , the blood of the covenant , that is poured out for many .
14:25 I tell you the truth , I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God .”
14:26 After singing a hymn , they went out to the Mount of Olives .
The Prediction of Peter’s Denial
14:27 Then Jesus said to them , “You will all fall away , for it is written , ‘I will strike the shepherd , and the sheep will be scattered .’
14:28 But after I am raised , I will go ahead of you into Galilee .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 2 |
Jesus, The Christ |
SIMON (2) |
LAW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
LORD'S SUPPER; (EUCHARIST) |
Passover |
Prophecy |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E2 |
Mary |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
JUDAS ISCARIOT |
OLIVES, MOUNT OF |
BETHANY |
Simon |
Women |
MARTHA |
PRAYERS OF CHRIST |
Spikenard |
Judas |
OIL |
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NET Notes -> Mar 14:1; Mar 14:1; Mar 14:1; Mar 14:2; Mar 14:3; Mar 14:3; Mar 14:3; Mar 14:3; Mar 14:3; Mar 14:3; Mar 14:4; Mar 14:5; Mar 14:5; Mar 14:5; Mar 14:5; Mar 14:7; Mar 14:9; Mar 14:10; Mar 14:10; Mar 14:11; Mar 14:11; Mar 14:11; Mar 14:11; Mar 14:12; Mar 14:12; Mar 14:12; Mar 14:12; Mar 14:12; Mar 14:13; Mar 14:16; Mar 14:16; Mar 14:16; Mar 14:17; Mar 14:17; Mar 14:18; Mar 14:18; Mar 14:18; Mar 14:18; Mar 14:20; Mar 14:20; Mar 14:24; Mar 14:24; Mar 14:24; Mar 14:25; Mar 14:25; Mar 14:26; Mar 14:27; Mar 14:27
NET Notes: Mar 14:1 Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mar 14:2 The suggestion here is that Jesus was too popular to openly arrest him. The verb were trying is imperfect. It suggests, in this context, that they wer...
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NET Notes: Mar 14:3 Nard or spikenard is a fragrant oil from the root and spike of the nard plant of northern India. This aromatic oil, if made of something like nard, wo...
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NET Notes: Mar 14:4 The word “expensive” is not in the Greek text but has been included to suggest a connection to the lengthy phrase “costly aromatic o...
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NET Notes: Mar 14:5 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
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NET Notes: Mar 14:7 In the Greek text of this clause, “me” is in emphatic position (the first word in the clause). To convey some impression of the emphasis, ...
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NET Notes: Mar 14:10 Grk “betray him to them”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mar 14:11 Grk “he”; the referent (Judas) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mar 14:12 This required getting a suitable lamb and finding lodging in Jerusalem where the meal could be eaten. The population of the city swelled during the fe...
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NET Notes: Mar 14:13 Since women usually carried these jars, it would have been no problem for the two disciples (Luke 22:8 states that they were Peter and John) to recogn...
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NET Notes: Mar 14:16 The author’s note that the disciples found things just as he had told them shows that Jesus’ word could be trusted.
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NET Notes: Mar 14:17 The prepositional phrase “to the house” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mar 14:18 Or “will hand me over”; Grk “one of you will betray me, the one who eats with me.”
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NET Notes: Mar 14:20 One who dips with me in the bowl. The point of Jesus’ comment here is not to identify the specific individual per se, but to indicate that it is...
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NET Notes: Mar 14:24 Jesus’ death established the forgiveness promised in the new covenant of Jer 31:31. Jesus is reinterpreting the symbolism of the Passover meal, ...
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NET Notes: Mar 14:25 Grk “the produce” (“the produce of the vine” is a figurative expression for wine).
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NET Notes: Mar 14:26 After singing a hymn. The Hallel Psalms (Pss 113-118) were sung during the meal. Psalms 113 and 114 were sung just before the second cup and 115-118 w...
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