Matthew 26:5

Matthew 26:5

3 ^aThen the chief priests,¹ the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

4 and ^aplotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.

5 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the ^apeople.”

The Anointing at Bethany

6 And when Jesus was in ^aBethany at the house of Simon the leper,

7 a woman came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He sat at the table.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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A tumult (qorubov). They feared the uprising in behalf of Jesus and were arguing that the matter must be postponed till after the feast was over when the crowds had scattered. Then they could catch him "by craft" (dolw) as they would trap a wild beast.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 26:5:**

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