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

Matthew 26:5 · KJV

“But they said, Not on the feast {day}, lest there be an uproar among the people.”

— Matthew 26:5

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill {him}.

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

Matthew 26 — Context

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,

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill {him}.

But they said, Not on the feast {day}, lest there be an uproar among the people.

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

There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat {at meat}.

Cross References

Matthew 27:24

When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but {that} rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed {his} hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye {to it}.

Matthew 14:5

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Matthew 21:26

But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

Mark 14:12

And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? {killed: or, sacrificed}

Proverbs 21:30

{There is} no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Proverbs 19:21

{There are} many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Mark 14:2

But they said, Not on the feast {day}, lest there be an uproar of the people.

Isaiah 46:10

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times {the things} that are not {yet} done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: