Bible verse
“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
Matthew 26:5 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 26.
1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things, He told His disciples,
2 “You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
3 At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly 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 Simon the Leper,
7 a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?
9 This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
KJV
But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people.
ASV
But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people.
ERV
But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people.
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