Matthew 26:5
but thei seiden, Not in the haliday, lest perauenture noyse were maad in the puple.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
In Context
4and maden a counsel to holde Jhesu with gile, and sle him;
6And whanne Jhesus was in Betanye, in the hous of Symount leprous,
Cross References
Matthew 21:26seiynge, If we seien of heuene, he schal seie to vs, Whi thanne bileuen ye not to hym? If we seien of men, we dreden the puple, for alle hadden Joon as a prophete.
Mark 14:2But thei seiden, Not in the feeste dai, lest perauenture a noyse were maad among the puple.
Mark 14:27And Jhesus seide to hem, Alle ye schulen be sclaundrid in me in this nyyt; for it is writun, Y schal smyte the scheepherde, and the scheep of the flok schulen be disparplid.
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 →