Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
But they reasoned, "We will not do it during the Festival because it might start a riot among the people."
New American Standard Bible
But they were saying, “Not during the festival,
King James Version
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Holman Bible
“Not during the festival,” they said, “so there won’t be rioting among the people.”
International Standard Version
But they kept saying, "This must not happen during the festival. Otherwise, there'll be a riot among the people."
A Conservative Version
But they said, Not during the feast, lest an uproar develop among people.
American Standard Version
But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among people.
Amplified
But they said, “It must not be during the festival (Passover), otherwise there might be a riot among the people.”
Anderson New Testament
But they said: Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.
Bible in Basic English
But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.
Common New Testament
But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be a riot among the people."
Daniel Mace New Testament
but they said, this must not be done on the feastday, for fear the people rise.
Darby Translation
but they said, Not in the feast, that there be not a tumult among the people.
Godbey New Testament
But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Goodspeed New Testament
But they said, "It must not be during the festival, or there may be a riot."
John Wesley New Testament
But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.
Julia Smith Translation
And they said, Not in the festival, lest there should be an uproar among the people.
King James 2000
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But they were saying, "Not during the feast, so that there will not be an uproar among the people."
Modern King James verseion
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But they said, "Not on the holy day, lest any uproar arise among the people."
Moffatt New Testament
"Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival, in case of a riot among the people."
Montgomery New Testament
but said they, "Not during the feast, for fear of causing a riot among the people."
NET Bible
But they said, "Not during the feast, so that there won't be a riot among the people."
New Heart English Bible
But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."
Noyes New Testament
But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Sawyer New Testament
But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.
The Emphasized Bible
They were saying, however: Not during the feast, lest, an uproar, arise among the people.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there be a tumult among the people.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But they said: "Not during the Festival, for fear of causing a riot."
Webster
But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Weymouth New Testament
But they said, "Not during the Festival, lest there be a riot among the people."
Williams New Testament
But they kept saying, "It must not be at the feast, for a riot may break out among the people."
World English Bible
But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."
Worrell New Testament
But they said, "Not during the feast, lest an uproar might arise among the people."
Worsley New Testament
But they said, Not on the feast-day, least there should be a tumult among the people.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they said, 'Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 26:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Chief Priests And Elders Plot To Kill Jesus
4 They were taking counsel together as to how they might take Jesus by trickery and kill Him. 5 But they reasoned, "We will not do it during the Festival because it might start a riot among the people." 6 Now when Jesus was at Bethany [Note: This was a small village less than two miles east of Jerusalem], in the house of Simon, the man [who probably had been healed] of an infectious skin disease,
Cross References
Matthew 27:24
So, when Pilate saw that he was not convincing anyone, but that a riot was brewing instead, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd saying, "I am not responsible for this man's blood. [Note: Some ancient manuscripts say "righteous man's blood"]. You tend to the matter."
Matthew 14:5
Now Herod wanted to have him put to death, [but hesitated], fearing the crowd, because they considered John to be a prophet.
Matthew 21:26
But if we say, 'from men,' we are afraid the crowd will oppose us because they all consider John to be a prophet."
Mark 14:2
But they reasoned, "We will not [take him] during the Festival, because it might start a riot among the people."
Mark 14:12
Now on the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread [i.e., the beginning of the Passover Festival week], when they sacrificed the Passover [lamb], Jesus' disciples said to Him, "Where do you want us to go to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"
Mark 14:27
Then Jesus said to His disciples, "All of you will have doubts about me, for it is written [Zech. 13:7], 'I will strike down the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered everywhere.'
Luke 20:6
But if we say 'from men,' all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet."
Luke 22:7
Then the day came for the Festival of Unleavened Bread [to be held], on which the Passover [lamb] was to be sacrificed.
John 18:28
Then, early in the morning they led Jesus from Caiaphas to [governor Pilate's] headquarters. But the Jewish authorities would not enter it, because [if they had] they would have become ceremonially unclean, and could not eat the Passover meal. [Note: This was because they regarded a Gentile house as defiling].
Acts 4:28
to do what your plan and wisdom predetermined should happen.