Parallel Verses
Daniel Mace New Testament
but they said, this must not be done on the feastday, for fear the people rise.
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.”
An Understandable Version
But they reasoned, "We will not do it during the Festival because it might start 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."
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 and consulted how to seize Jesus by surprize, and take away his life. 5 but they said, this must not be done on the feastday, for fear the people rise. 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon who had been a leper,
Cross References
Matthew 27:24
Pilate perceiving he was so far from prevailing, that they were more tumultuous, he took water, and washed his hands before all the people, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: you are answerable for it.
Matthew 14:5
he would have put him to death, but for fear of the people, who reckoned him a prophet.
Matthew 21:26
but if we say, it was merely human, we are obnoxious to the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
Mark 14:2
but they objected, it could not be during the festival, for fear of a popular insurrection.
Mark 14:12
On the first day of unleavened bread, when the paschal lamb is kill'd, his disciples said to him, where would you have us go and prepare for your eating the paschal lamb?
Mark 14:27
and Jesus said to them, this night you will all be staggered upon my account: for it is written, "I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered."
Luke 20:6
if we should assert, it was a human contrivance, the populace would stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
Luke 22:7
The day of unleaven'd bread being come, when the paschal-lamb was to be sacrific'd,
John 18:28
Then they led Jesus early in the morning from Caiaphas, to the Pretorium: but the Jews themselves did not enter into the Pretorium, lest they should be defiled: and so not be in a condition to eat the passover.
Acts 4:28
to effect what thy power and thy wisdom pre-determined to be done.