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


In Context

2 "As you know, the Passover is two days away--and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified."

3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

4 and they plotted to arrest Jesus in some sly way and kill him.

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

6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper,

7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:5But they said: Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult 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.