Matthew 26:5
But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.
Bible in Basic English
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 made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.
6Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
Cross References
Psalms 76:10\76:9\When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)
Proverbs 21:30Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
Lamentations 3:37Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
Matthew 21:26But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.
Mark 14:2But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear there may be trouble among the people.
Mark 14:27And Jesus said to them, You will all be turned away from me: for it is in the Writings, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death, and the sheep will be put to flight.
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 →