Matthew 26:5

The Passion Translation

But they all agreed, “We can’t do this during the Passover celebrations or we could have a riot on our hands.”

Cross References

Psalm 76:10

You have power to transform man’s futile anger into praise. The fury of your enemies only causes your fame to increase.

Proverbs 19:21

A person may have many ideas concerning God’s plan for his life, but only the designs of God’s purpose will succeed in the end.

Proverbs 21:30

All your brilliant wisdom and clever insight will be of no help at all if the Lord is against you.

Isaiah 46:10

I declare from the beginning how it will end and foretell from the start what has not yet happened. I decree that my purpose will stand, and I will fulfill my every plan.

Lamentations 3:37

Who can make anything happen unless the Lord is willing?

Matthew 14:5

So Herod wanted John dead, but he was afraid of the crowds who flocked to John because they considered him to be a prophet.

Matthew 21:26

They stepped away and debated among themselves, saying, “How should we answer this? If we say from heaven, he will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you respond to John and believe what he said?’ But if we deny that God gave John his authority, we’ll be mobbed by the people, for they’re convinced that John was God’s prophet.”

Matthew 27:24

When Pilate realized that a riot was about to break out and that it was useless to try to reason with the crowd, he sent for a basin of water. After washing his hands in front of the people, he said, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man. The responsibility for his death is now yours!”

Mark 14:12

On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover Lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where would you like us to prepare the Passover meal for you?”

Mark 14:2

They agreed that their plot could not succeed if they carried it out during the days of the feast, for they said, “There could be a riot among the people.”

Mark 14:27

Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away and desert me. This will fulfill the prophecy of the Scripture that says: I will strike down the shepherd and all the sheep will scatter.

Luke 20:6

But if we say, ‘John’s mandate was merely from men,’ then all the people around him will stone us, for they believe John was a prophet of God.”

Luke 22:7

On the day the Passover lambs were to be sacrificed, Jesus sent for Peter and John and instructed them, “Go and prepare the Passover supper so we can eat it together.”

John 18:28

Before dawn they took Jesus from his trial before Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s palace. Now the Jews refused to go into the Roman governor’s residence to avoid ceremonial defilement before eating the Passover meal.

Acts 19:29

The entire city was thrown into chaos as everyone rushed into the stadium together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.

Acts 21:38

Aren’t you that Egyptian fanatic who started a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?”

Acts 4:28

They did to him all that your purpose and will had determined, according to the destiny you had marked out for him.