He agreed. Then he waited for the best time to hand him over to them. He wanted to do it when no one was around to see it.
They said, “But we cannot arrest Jesus during the festival. We don’t want the people to be angry and cause a riot.”
They said, “We cannot arrest Jesus during Passover. We don’t want the people to become angry and cause a riot.”
The priests were very happy about this. They promised to give Judas money for doing this.
The Day of Unleavened Bread came. This was the day when the Jews always killed the lambs for the Passover.