Matthew 26:5
But they said, “Not during the feast, in order not to have an uproar among the people.”
Family 35 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 plotted to seize Jesus by trickery and kill Him.
6Now when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,
Cross References
Matthew 21:26But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the crowd, for all consider John as a prophet.”
Mark 14:2But they said, “Not during the feast, or the people may riot.”
Mark 14:27Then Jesus said to them: “All of you will be caused to stumble because of me this night, because it is written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will 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 →