Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Mark: Chapter 14].
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14:1 {After two days} (\meta duo h•meras\). This was Tuesday
evening as we count time (beginning of the Jewish Wednesday). In
Mt 26:2 Jesus is reported as naming this same date which would
put it our Thursday evening, beginning of the Jewish Friday. The
Gospel of John mentions five items that superficially considered
seem to contradict this definite date in Mark and Matthew, but
which are really in harmony with them. See discussion on Mt
26:17 and my {Harmony of the Gospels}, pp. 279 to 284. Mark
calls it here the feast of "the passover and the unleavened
bread," both names covering the eight days. Sometimes "passover"
is applied to only the first day, sometimes to the whole period.
No sharp distinction in usage was observed. {Sought} (\ez•toun\).
Imperfect tense. They were still at it, though prevented so far.
14:2 {Not during the feast} (\M• en t•i heort•i\). They had first
planned to kill him at the feast (Joh 11:57), but the Triumphal
Entry and great Tuesday debate (this very morning) in the temple
had made them decide to wait till after the feast was over. It
was plain that Jesus had too large and powerful a following. See
on ¯Mt 26:47.
14:3 {As he sat at meat} (\katakeimenou autou\). Mt 26:7 uses
\anakeimenou\, both words meaning reclining (leaning down or up
or back) and in the genitive absolute. See on ¯Mt 26:6 in proof
that this is a different incident from that recorded in Lu
7:36-50. See on ¯Mt 26:6-13 for discussion of details.
{Spikenard} (\nardou pistik•s\). This use of \pistikos\ with
\nardos\ occurs only here and in Joh 12:3. The adjective is
common enough in the older Greek and appears in the papyri also
in the sense of genuine, unadulterated, and that is probably the
idea here. The word spikenard is from the Vulgate _nardi
spicati_, probably from the Old Latin _nardi pistici_. {Brake}
(\suntripsousa\). Only in Mark. She probably broke the narrow
neck of the vase holding the ointment.
14:5 {Above three hundred pence} (\epan• d•nari•n triakosi•n\).
Matthew has "for much" while Joh 12:5 has "for three hundred
pence." The use of "far above" may be a detail from Peter's
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Mark: Chapter 14)