Matthew 26:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Matthew 27:24

Pilate saw that there was nothing he could do to make the people change. In fact, it looked as if there would be a riot. So he took some water and washed his hands in front of them all. He said, “I am not guilty of this man’s death. You are the ones who are doing it!”

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 John was a prophet.”

Matthew 14:5

Herod wanted to kill him, but he was afraid of the people. They believed that John was a prophet.

Mark 14:27

Then Jesus told the followers, “You will all lose your faith. The Scriptures say, ‘I will kill the shepherd, and the sheep will run away.’ Zechariah 13:7

Mark 14:12

It was now the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread—the day the lambs were killed for the Passover. Jesus’ followers came to him and 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 be angry and cause a riot.”

Isaiah 46:10

“In the beginning, I told you what would happen in the end. A long time ago, I told you things that have not happened yet. When I plan something, it happens. I do whatever I want to do.

Proverbs 21:30

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

Proverbs 19:21

People might make many plans, but what the Lord says is what will happen.

Acts 4:28

These people who came together against Jesus made your plan happen. It was done because of your power and your will.

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, because they wanted to eat the Passover meal.

Luke 22:7

The Day of Unleavened Bread came. This was the day when the Jews always killed the lambs for the Passover.

Lamentations 3:37

No one can say something and make it happen, unless the Lord orders it.

Psalm 76:10

Even human anger can bring you honor when you use it to punish your enemies.

Luke 20:6

But if we say that John’s baptism was from someone else, the people will stone us to death. They all believe that John was a prophet.”

Acts 19:29

The whole city was thrown into confusion. The people grabbed Gaius and Aristarchus, men from Macedonia who were traveling with Paul, and rushed all together into the stadium.

Acts 21:38

Then you are not the man I thought you were. I thought you were the Egyptian who started some trouble against the government not long ago and led four thousand terrorists out to the desert.”