Mark 14:1-2 - The Chief Priests And Scribes Plot To Kill Jesus

¹ It was now two days before the Festival of the Passover and the Unleavened bread. The Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law were looking for an opportunity to arrest Jesus by stealth, and to put him to death; ² For they said: "Not during the Festival, for fear of a riot."

¹ The Feast of the Unleavened Bread, known as the Passover, was near. ² The Chief Priest and the Teachers of the Law were looking for an opportunity of destroying Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.