Matthew 26:5
But they said, Not on the feast - day , lest there be an uproar among the people.
Webster Bible
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 subtilty, 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 thee: the remainder of wrath wilt thou restrain.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Lamentations 3:37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the LORD commandeth it not?
Matthew 21:26But if we shall say, From men; we fear the people: for all hold John as a prophet.
Mark 14:2But they said, Not on the feast - day , lest there should be an uproar of the people.
Mark 14:27And Jesus saith to them, All ye will be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite 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 →