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Matthew 26:5
But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.
Matthew 26:5 · Bible in Basic English
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Matthew 26:5 in other translations
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”
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In context
2 After two days is the Passover, and the Son of man will be given up to the death of the cross.
3 Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
4 And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.
5 But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
7 There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of great price, and she put the perfume on his head when he was seated at table.
8 But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
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