What Does Mark 14:2 Mean in the King James?
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The crowd can change when violence happens without changing whether it will happen.
THE MEANING
Here, the plan to kill him remains; only its timing is adjusted to avoid a public uproar. The same pattern is alive wherever fear of others’ reaction controls when harm is carried out, while leaving the decision itself intact.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Delay can look like restraint, but postponing harm to avoid outrage does not mean the choice to do it has changed.
THE ROOT
θόρυβος
thórybos
GROWS FROM
θορυβ-
thorub-
Tumult, confused noise, or public commotion.
“uproar” in this verse is thórybos. The word names the disturbance the leaders expect from the people, not a change of heart about their plan. Its Greek word family also describes making an ado and being caught in commotion, linking the public noise they fear to the turmoil that can seize a crowd.
ALSO GROWS
thorubeō: To make a tumult or ado; to disturb.
θορυβέω
In Mark 5:39, this verb appears in Jesus’ question, “Why make ye this ado?” It shows the same word family describing commotion as something people make.
thorubeisthe: Be troubled or thrown into commotion; a middle/passive form of thorubeō.
θορυβεῖσθε
In Acts 20:10, the same form is translated “Trouble not yourselves.” The word family can describe people caught in the disturbance as well as the disturbance itself.
THE PATTERN
When fear of public reaction governs, people manage visibility and timing without changing what they intend.
And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:THE THREAD
And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.Mark 5:39 uses the same Greek word family, θορυβέω (thorubeō), meaning “make an ado” or “be troubled,” for the commotion around the girl. Here the uproar is the reaction the leaders fear; there the word names the noise surrounding an apparent death.
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