Matthew 26:5

Easy To Read Version

The men in the meeting said, “We cannot arrest Jesus during Passover. {\cf2\super [394]} We don’t want the people to become angry and cause a riot.”

Cross References

Psalm 76:10

God, people respect you\par when you punish evil people.\par You show your anger,\par and the survivors {\cf2\super [434]} become stronger.\par

Proverbs 19:21

People get a lot of ideas, but only the Lord’s plan will happen.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no person who is wise enough to make a plan that can succeed if the Lord is against it.

Isaiah 46:10

“In the beginning, I told you about the things that will happen in the end. A long time ago, I told you things that had not yet happened. When I plan something—that thing happens. I do the things I want to do.

Lamentations 3:37

Nobody can say something\par and have it happen,\par unless the Lord orders it to happen.\par

Matthew 14:5

Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people. The people believed that John was a prophet. {\cf2\super [199]}

Matthew 21:26

But we can’t say John's baptism was from someone else. We are afraid of the people, because they all believe that John was a prophet. {\cf2\super [296]} ”

Matthew 27:24

Pilate saw that he could do nothing to make the people change. And he saw that the people were becoming upset. So Pilate took some water and washed his hands {\cf2\super [429]} so that all the people could see. Then Pilate said, “I am not guilty of this man’s death. You are the ones that are doing it!”

Mark 14:12

It was now the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread. {\cf2\super [197]} This was the day when the Jews killed the lambs for the Passover. {\cf2\super [198]} Jesus’ followers came to him. They said, “We will go and prepare everything for you to eat the Passover meal. Where do you want us to have the meal?”

Mark 14:2

They said, “But we cannot arrest Jesus during the festival. We don’t want the people to become angry and cause a riot.”

Mark 14:27

Then Jesus told the followers, “You will all lose your faith. It is written \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [205]} \}:

Luke 20:6

But if we say that John’s baptism was from someone else, \{not God,\} then all the people will kill us with rocks. They will kill us because they believe that John was a prophet. {\cf2\super [313]} ”

Luke 22:7

The Day of Unleavened Bread {\cf2\super [343]} came. This was the day when the Jews always killed the lambs for the Passover. {\cf2\super [344]}

John 18:28

Then the guards took Jesus from Caiaphas’ house to the \{Roman governor’s\} palace. It was early in the morning. The Jews there would not go inside the palace. They did not want to make themselves unclean, {\cf2\super [237]} because they wanted to eat the Passover {\cf2\super [238]} meal.

Acts 19:29

All the people in the city became upset. The people grabbed Gaius and Aristarchus. (These two men were from Macedonia and were traveling with Paul.) Then all the people ran to the stadium.

Acts 21:38

Then you are not the man I thought you were? I thought you were the Egyptian man who started some trouble against the government not long ago. That Egyptian man led 4,000 killers out to the desert.”

Acts 4:28

These people that ‘came together’ against Jesus made your plan happen; it happened because of your power and your will.