Mark 14:17 — Meaning and Application

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“And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.”

Mark 14:17

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And he will shew you a large upper room furnished {and} prepared: there make ready for us.

And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.

And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.

And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, {Is} it I? and another {said, Is} it I?

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Mark 14:1

"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."

Mark 14:2

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

Mark 14:3

"And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured {it} on his head. {spikenard: or, pure nard, or, liquid nard}"

Mark 14:4

"And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?"

Mark 14:5

"For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her."

Mark 14:6

"And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me."

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