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For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."
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A Plan Born of Fear
Commentators explain that the religious leaders' decision to wait until after the feast was a strategic one born of fear. Jesus was so popular with the massive crowds of Passover pilgrims that the leaders were afraid of causing a riot if they tried to arrest him publicly. This highlights their political maneuvering and their recognition of Jesus's significant influence over the people.
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Not during the feast (Μη εν τη εορτη). They had first planned to kill him at the feast (John 11:57), but the Triumphal…
19th Century
Anglican
After two days was the feast of the passover.—See Notes on Matthew 26:1-5. Better, was the passover, and the feast of unleavened bread…
Baptist
After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by …
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These verses introduce the passion and resurrection narrative. Passover is the Jewish festival commemorating the occasion when the angel of the Lor…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But they said not on the feast day The feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread, which was nigh at hand, and w…
Presbyterian
Did Christ pour out His soul to death for us, and shall we think anything too precious for Him? Do we give Him the precious ointment of our best af…
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