Matthew 26:5
but they said, “Not during the Festival, or the people may riot.”
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
In Context
4and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and put him to death;
6After Jesus had reached Bethany, and while he was in the house of Simon the leper,
Cross References
Psalms 76:10The fiercest will praise you, to you will the remnant hold festival.
Matthew 21:26But if we say ‘human,’ we are afraid of the people, for everyone regards John as a prophet.”
Mark 14:2for they said, “Not during the Festival, or the people may riot.”
Mark 14:27presently Jesus said to them, “All of you will fall away; for scripture says – ‘I will strike down 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 →