Matthew 26:5
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Updated King James Version
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 that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Cross References
Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise you: the remainder of wrath shall you restrain.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Lamentations 3:37Who is he that says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord commands it not?
Matthew 21:26But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
Mark 14:2But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
Mark 14:27And Jesus says unto them, All you shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep 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 →