Matthew 26:5
But they said: Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
In Context
4And they consulted together that they might take Jesus by craft and kill him.
6When Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Cross References
Matthew 21:26But if we reply, From men, we fear the multitude; for all regard John as a prophet.
Mark 14:2But they said: Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people.
Mark 14:27And Jesus said to them: All of you will find in me an occasion for offense this night; for it is written: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:2-6
The Plot of the Chief Priests. 1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar… Read the whole commentary →