Matthew 26:5
But they said, "Not during the Festival, lest there be a riot among the people."
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 how to get Jesus into their power by stratagem and put Him to death.
6Now when Jesus was come to Bethany and was at the house of Simon the Leper,
Cross References
Matthew 21:26and if we say `a human origin' we have the people to fear, for they all hold John to have been a Prophet."
Mark 14:2But they said, "Not on the Festival-day, for fear there should be a riot among the people."
Mark 14:27Then said Jesus to them, "All of you are about to stumble and fall, for it is written, `I will strike down the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered in all directions.'
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 →