World English Bible

Matthew 26:5

“But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”

Verse in context — Matthew 26

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.

But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.