Mark 14:1

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 ¹  were trying to find a way ²  to arrest Jesus ³  by stealth and kill him.

Mark 14:16

14:16 So ⁴  the disciples left, went ⁵  into the city, and found things just as he had told them, ⁶  and they prepared the Passover.

[14:1]  ¹ tn Or “the chief priests and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

[14:1]  ² tn Grk “were seeking how.”

[14:1]  ³ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:16]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the flow within the narrative.

[14:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “and came.”

[14:16]  ⁶ sn The author’s note that the disciples found things just as he had told them shows that Jesus’ word could be trusted.