Matthew 26:5
King James Version (KJV)
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
In context
3 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,
4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7 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.
Matthew 26:5 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
- WEB World English Bible
- But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and they said, 'Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- but they said, Not in the feast, that there be not a tumult among the people.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But they said, Not on the feast -day , lest there be an uproar among the people.