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Day 42 of 90 · 90 Days Through the Gospels

And after two days, was the passover of unleavened cakes. And the chief priests and the Scribes sought how they might take him by stratagem, and kill him.

But they said: Not on the festival, lest there be commotion among the people.

And when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined, a woman came having an alabaster box of precious ointment of spikenard, of great price; and she opened and poured upon the head of Jesus.

CONTEXT

Original word: δόλῳ (dólos) · compare G1185 (δελεάζω)); a trick (bait), i.e. (figuratively) wile

REFLECTION

Each Gospel tells the same good news from its own angle. What does Mark 14:1 emphasise?

PRAYER

Thank you, Jesus, for coming to us. Help me follow you. Amen.

QUESTION

How do people respond to Jesus here?

ONE ACTION TODAY

Read the chapter again tonight and underline one verse.

Reflections are drafts awaiting pastoral review.

Source

Murdock Peshitta New Testament. Public domain. Source: CrossWire SWORD module Murdock (converted to USFM; no wording changed). Editorial rendering: in this app the divine name "Yahweh" is displayed and read aloud as "God" (and "Yahweh God" as "God"). The stored text and the imported source are unchanged; this is a display-layer substitution, not part of the translation.