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


In Context

2 |You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.|

3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.

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

6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

7 a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat 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 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 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 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.