Matthew 26:5
World English Bible (WEB)
But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”
In context
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 every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”
- KJV King James Version
- But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar 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.