Matthew 26:5

Matthew 26:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
• New International Version (NIV)“But not during the festival,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.”

Context of Matthew 26:5

3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. 4They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. But they said, “Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.” 6Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, 7a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.

Matthew 26:5 word by word

ἔλεγον δέ· μὴ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ, ἵνα μὴ θόρυβος γένηται ἐν τῷ λαῷ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• they saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Notμήmē · notG3361
• onἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the feastὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the feastἑορτήheortē · festivalG1859
• lestἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• there beγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• an uproarθόρυβοςthorubos · commotionG2351
• the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992

Cross-references for Matthew 26:5

• Psalms 76:10Certainly your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; you reveal your anger in full measure.
• Proverbs 19:21There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.
• Isaiah 46:10who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, ‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’
• Lamentations 3:37Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it?
• Mark 14:2For they said, “Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”
• Luke 22:7Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
• John 18:28Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s residence. (Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor’s residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.
• Acts 4:28to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.
• Matthew 14:5Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.
• Matthew 21:26But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.”
• Luke 20:6But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

Commentaries on Matthew 26:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar - It was usual for the Jews to punish criminals at the public festivals; but in this case they were afraid of an insurrection, as our Lord had become very popular. The providence of God directed it thus, for the reason given in the preceding note. He who observes a festival on motives purely human violates it in his heart, and is a hypocrite before God. It is likely they feared the Galileans, as being the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5At Passover, Jerusalem was crowded with pilgrims. The Jewish leaders feared losing their authority if they caused or permitted anything that looked like a revolt against Rome (see Matthew 21:8–11, 14–16).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 26:5

• Government
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Commentaries on Matthew 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings