Matthew 26:5
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.In other versions
But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among people.
ASV
But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.
BBE
but they said, Not in the feast, that there be not a tumult among the people.
DBY
But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."
WEB
and they said, `Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'
YLT
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
ENG
But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
WBT
“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
BSB
In context
3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
5But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.