Matthew 26:5
But they sayde: Not on the feast [day] lest there be an vprore among ye people.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
In Context
4And helde a councell, that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kyll hym.
6When Iesus was in Bethanie, in the house of Simon the leper,
Cross References
Proverbs 21:30There is no wysdome, there is no vnderstanding, there is no counsayle against the Lorde.
Lamentations 3:37What is he then that saith, there should some thing be done without the Lordes commaundement?
Matthew 21:26But yf we shall say of men, then feare we the people: for all [men] holde Iohn as a prophete.
Mark 14:2But they sayde: not in the feast day, lest any busines arise among the people.
Mark 14:27And Iesus sayth vnto them: All ye shalbe offended because of me this nyght. For it is written: I wyll smyte the sheepehearde, and the sheepe shalbe 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 →