Matthew 26:5
But they sayd, Not on the feast day, least any vprore be among the people.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
In Context
4And consulted together that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kill him.
6And when Iesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,
Cross References
Psalms 76:10Surely the rage of man shall turne to thy praise: the remnant of the rage shalt thou restrayne.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisedome, neither vnderstanding, nor counsell against the Lord.
Lamentations 3:37Who is he then that sayth, and it commeth to passe, and the Lord commandeth it not?
Matthew 21:26And if we say, Of men, we feare the multitude, for all holde Iohn as a Prophet.
Mark 14:2But they sayde, Not in the feast day, least there be any tumult among the people.
Mark 14:27Then Iesus said vnto them, Al ye shall be offended by mee this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepheard, and the sheepe shall 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 →