Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
but said they, "Not during the feast, for fear of causing 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.”
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."
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."
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 they plotted together to get Jesus into their power by a trick, and to put him to death; 5 but said they, "Not during the feast, for fear of causing a riot among the people." 6 While Jesus was staying in Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper,
Cross References
Matthew 27:24
So when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that on the contrary a riot was threatening, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying. "I am innocent of the blood of this man; you must answer for it."
Matthew 14:5
And although he wished to kill John, he feared the people, for they considered John a prophet.
Matthew 21:26
"If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all regard John as a prophet."
Mark 14:2
but, "Not on a feast-day," they said, "for fear there should be a riot among the people."
Mark 14:12
And the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, the day for killing the paschal lamb, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparation for you to eat the Passover?"
Mark 14:27
And Jesus said to them. "All of you are about to stumble, for it is written, 'I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad.'"
Luke 20:6
"And if we say, 'From man,' all the people will stone us, for they were persuaded that John was a prophet."
Luke 22:7
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the paschal lamb must be sacrificed.
John 18:28
From the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Praetorium, and it was dawn. They themselves would not enter the Praetorium, in order that they might not be ceremonially defiled, but might be able to eat the Passover.