Matthew 26:5
and they said, “Not in the celebration, that there may not be a tumult among the people.”
Literal Standard Version
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 guile, and kill [Him],
6And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Cross References
Psalms 76:10For the fierceness of man praises You, || You gird on the remnant of fierceness.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, || Nor counsel against YHWH.
Lamentations 3:37Who [is] this—he has spoken, and it is, || [And] the Lord has not commanded [it]?
Matthew 21:26And if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
Mark 14:2and they said, “Not in the celebration, lest there will be a tumult of the people.”
Mark 14:27and Jesus says to them, “All of you will be stumbled at Me this night, because it has been written: I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered abroad;
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 →