Matthew 26:5
But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be a riot among the people.”
Text-Critical English NT
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 together to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.
6Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
Cross References
Matthew 21:26But we are afraid of what the crowd might do if we say, ‘From men,’ for everyone regards John as a prophet.”
Mark 14:2But they said, “Not during the feast, otherwise there will be a riot among the people.”
Mark 14:27Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will fall away, for 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 →