But they were saying,"Not duringthe festival,otherwisea riotmight occuramongthe people."
For the wrathof manshall praiseYou; With a remnantof wrathYou will girdYourself.
Manyplansare in a man'sheart,But the counselof the LORDwill stand.
Thereis nowisdomand nounderstandingAnd nocounselagainstthe LORD.
Declaringthe endfrom the beginning,And from ancienttimesthings whichhave not been done,Saying,My purposewill be established,And I will accomplishallMy goodpleasure';
Whois therewho speaksand it comesto pass,Unlessthe Lordhas commanded[it]?
Although Herod wantedto put him to death,he fearedthe crowd,becausethey regardedJohnas a prophet.
"But ifwe say,'From men,'we fearthe people;for they allregardJohnas a prophet."
When Pilatesawthat he was accomplishingnothing,but ratherthat a riotwas starting,he tookwaterand washedhis handsin frontof the crowd,saying,"I aminnocentof this Man'sblood;see[to that] yourselves."
On the firstdayof UnleavenedBread, whenthe Passover[lamb] was being sacrificed,His disciplessaidto Him, "Wheredo You wantus to goand preparefor You to eatthe Passover?"
for they were saying,"Not duringthe festival,otherwisethere might be a riotof the people."
And Jesussaidto them, "You will allfall away,becauseit is written,I WILL STRIKE DOWNTHE SHEPHERD,AND THE SHEEPSHALL BE SCATTERED.'
"But ifwe say,'From men,'allthe peoplewill stone us to death,for they are convincedthat Johnwas a prophet."
Thencamethe [first] dayof UnleavenedBread on whichthe Passover[lamb] hadto be sacrificed.
Thenthey ledJesusfrom Caiaphasinto the Praetorium,and it was early;and they themselvesdid not enterinto the Praetoriumsothat they would not be defiled,but might eatthe Passover.
The citywas filledwith the confusion,and they rushedwith one accordinto the theater,dragging alongGaiusand Aristarchus,Paul'straveling companionsfrom Macedonia.
"Thenyou are not the Egyptianwho sometimeagostirred up a revoltand ledthe four thousandmenof the Assassinsout into the wilderness?"
to dowhateverYour handand Your purposepredestinedto occur.
