Matthew 26:5
But they said: Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult among the people.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus, and put him to death.
6And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,
Cross References
Psalms 76:10When God arose in judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.
Lamentations 3:37Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Matthew 21:26If we shall say, from heaven, he will say to us: Why then did you not believe him? But if we shall say, from men, we are afraid of the multitude: for all held John as a prophet.
Mark 14:2But they said: Not on the festival day, lest there should be a tumult among the people.
Mark 14:27And Jesus saith to them: You will all be scandalized in my regard this night; for it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be dispersed.
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 →