Markus 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.

Markus 11:18

11:18 The chief priests and the experts in the law ⁴  heard it and they considered how they could assassinate ⁵  him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.

[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.

[11:18]  ⁴ tn Or “The chief priests and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

[11:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “how they could destroy him.”