Matthew 26:5

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Matthew 26:5

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

Not

Lest

Matthew 14:5

Matthew 21:26

Luke 20:6

General references

Bible References

Not

for they kept saying, "It must not be at the feast, for there might be a riot."

Then the day of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's palace. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's palace themselves, in order not to be defiled, so as to be unfit to eat the Passover supper.

to do all that your hand and will had predetermined to take place.

Lest

Although he wanted to have him killed, he was afraid of the people, for they regarded him as a prophet.

But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the people, for they all consider John a prophet."

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet."

General references

Then Herod secretly sent for the stargazers, and found out from them exactly the time the star appeared.

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to set any prisoner free whom the people wanted.

Now at the time of the feast Pilate usually set a prisoner free whom the people requested.

So the high priests and the scribes continued to seek how they might put Him to death, for they were afraid of the people.