Matthew 26:5
But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
In Context
4and took counsel together that they might seize Jesus by craft, and put him to death.
6Now when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Cross References
Psalms 76:10The wrath of man shall praise thee, When thou girdest on the whole of thy wrath!
Proverbs 21:30Wisdom is nothing, and understanding is nothing, And devices are nothing, against the LORD.
Lamentations 3:37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord hath not commanded?
Matthew 21:26But if we say, From men, we fear the multitude; for all regard John as a prophet.
Mark 14:2For they said, Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Mark 14:27And Jesus saith to them, Ye will all fall away from me; for it is written, “I will smite 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 →