Matthew 26:5

But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
But	δέ· de	G1161	but · conjunction
said	ἔλεγον elegon	G3004	properly · verb — imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural
Not	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
on	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
feast	ἑορτῇ, he'ortēa	G1859	a festival · noun — dative singular feminine
lest	ἵνα ina	G2443	compare G3588 (ὁ)) · conjunction
be	γένηται genētai	G1096	to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second aorist middle deponent subjunctive, 3rd person singular
uproar	θόρυβος thorubos	G2351	a disturbance · noun — nominative singular masculine
among	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
people	λαῷ.¶ laō	G2992	a people (in general · noun — dative singular masculine

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Cross-references

Matthew 27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude,…
Matthew 14:5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
Matthew 21:26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
Proverbs 19:21 There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do…
Mark 14:2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
Mark 14:12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare th…

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Commentary

John Gill on Matthew 26:5

And they said, not on the feast day,.... Upon mature deliberation, it was an agreed point with them, at least it was carried by a majority, that nothing of this kind should be attempted to be done on the feast day, on any of the days of the feast of passover, which was now at hand; though this was contrary to their common rules and usages: for, a person that sinned presumptuously, and such an one they accounted Jesus to be, they say (a), "they do not put him to death by the order of the sanhedrim of his own city, nor by the sanhedrim of Jabneh; but they bring him up to the great sanhedrim at Jerusalem, and keep him "until the feast", and put him to death, "on a feast day"; as it is said, D…

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John Calvin on Matthew 26:1-13

Matthew 26:1-13 Matthew 26:1-13 Mark 14:1-9 Luke 22:1-2 1. And it happened when Jesus had finished all these discourses, he said to his disciples, 2. You know that after two days is the passover; and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3. Then were assembled the chief priests, and scribes, and elders of the people, in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4. And entered into consultation how they would take Jesus by stratagem, and kill him. 5. But they said, Not during the festival, lest there be a commotion among the people. 6. And when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7. A woman came to him, having ointment, and poured it on his head, whi…

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 26:5

Jerusalem was flooded with pilgrims at Passover, and the Jewish leaders worried about having their authority taken away if they caused or allowed anything that resembled revolt against Rome (see 21:8-11, 14-16).

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The Church Fathers

By reason of the parties among the populace, those who favoured and those who hated Christ, those who believed and those who believed not.
— Origen of Alexandria ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

(Serm. 58, 2.) This precaution of the Chief Priests arose not from reverence for the festival, but from care for the success of their plot; they feared an insurrection at that season, not because of the guilt the populace might thereby incur, but because they might rescue Christ.
— Leo the Great ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Yet for all this, boiling with anger, they changed their purpose again. For though they had said, "Not at the feast time;" when they found the traitor, they waited not for the time, but slew Him at the feast. But why did they take Him then? They were boiling with rage, as I said; and they expected then to find Him, and all things they did as blinded. For though He Himself made the greatest use of their wickedness for His own dispensation, they were not surely for this guiltless, but deserving of inflictions without number for their temper of mind. At least when all should be set free, even the guilty, then these men slew the guiltless, Him that had conferred on them countless benefits, and who for a time had neglected the Gentiles for their sake.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on the Gospel of Matthew 79

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