They were saying, however: Not during the feast, lest, an uproar, arise among the people.

for they were saying - Not in the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.

But the Jews, being, jealous, and taking unto themselves certain wicked men, of the rabble, and making a riot, were setting the city in an uproar; and, besieging the house of Jason, were seeking to lead them forth unto the populace, -