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Matthew 26:5

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But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”

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Matthew 26:5 in other translations

But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people.

Matthew 26:5 · American Standard Version

Matthew 26:5 in context

  1. 3Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.
  2. 4They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
  3. 5But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”
  4. 6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
  5. 7a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.