Mark 14:1-2

1It was now two days before the Passover festival. It was the time when Jews eat flat bread which has no yeast in it. The leaders of the priests and the teachers of God's Law wanted to kill Jesus. But they wanted to take hold of him secretly. So they tried to decide how they could do that.

2They said to each other, ‘We do not want to do it during the festival. If we do that, the people will be angry. Then they may fight against us.’