5But they said: Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult among the people.


In Context

2 You know that after two days shall be the pasch, and the son of man shall be delivered up to be crucified:

3 Then were gathered together the chief priests and ancients of the people into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiphas:

4 And they consulted together, that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus, and put him to death.

5 But they said: Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult among the people.

6 And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,

7 There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he was at table.

Matthew 26:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:5But they said, Not on the feast [day,] lest there be an uproar among the people.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:5"But not during the Feast," they said, "or there may be a riot among the people."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:5But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among people.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:5but they said, Not in the feast, that there be not a tumult among the people.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:5But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:5But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:5But they said, |Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:5and they said, 'Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:5But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.