Mark 14:1 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →Two days before Passover, the chief priests and scribes look for a way to seize Jesus secretly and put him to death.
What Does Mark 14:1 Mean?
Mark sets the clock: Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread are two days away, and Jerusalem is filling with pilgrims. The leaders who have opposed Jesus since he cleansed the temple now move from resentment to plotting. They want him dead, but they want it done by craft — quietly, away from the crowds who hang on his words.
The timing is heavy with meaning. At the feast that remembered lambs slain and a people set free, the true Lamb is being marked for death. The schemers believe they are choosing the moment, yet the chapter will show purposes running far deeper than their plans. What people plot in secret, God weaves into redemption.
Mark 14:1 in the Original Language
pascha (πάσχα), 'passover' -- the feast recalling Israel's deliverance from Egypt through the blood of the lamb.
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What does Mark 14:1 mean?
Two days before Passover, the chief priests and scribes look for a way to seize Jesus secretly and put him to death.