So Judas consented [to their offer] and looked for a [good] opportunity to turn Jesus over to them [i.e., the Jewish leaders] when the crowd was not present.
But they reasoned, “We will not [take him] during the Festival, because it might start a riot among the people.”
But they reasoned, “We will not do it during the Festival because it might start a riot among the people.”
And they were very pleased, so agreed to give him money.
Then the day came for the Festival of Unleavened Bread [to be held], on which the Passover [lamb] was to be sacrificed.