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Butδέthey were saying,ἔλεγον“NotΜὴduringἐνthe feast,τῇ ἑορτῇso thatἵναthere may notμὴbeγένηταιan uproarθόρυβοςamongἐνthe people.”τῷ λαῷ
Matthew 26:5
Study it in the app“But they were saying, “Not during the feast, so that there may not be an uproar among the people.””
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 26:5, word by word
- they were sayingἔλεγονelegon
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “elegon” appears- the feastἑορτῇheortēi
feast, festival
Feast, festival.
Where else “heortēi” appears- beγένηταιgenētai
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “genētai” appears- an uproarθόρυβοςthorybos
uproar
Uproar, commotion.
Where else “thorybos” appears- the peopleλαῷlaōi
crowd
The crowd gathered to listen.
Where else “laōi” appears
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Matthew 26:1-5
1And it happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples, 2“You know that after two days the Passover comes, and the Son of Man is handed over to be crucified.” 3Then the high priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4and they plotted together to seize Jesus by deceit and kill him. 5But they were saying, “Not during the feast, so that there may not be an uproar among the people.”
1Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread was after two days. And the high priests and the scribes were seeking how they might seize him by deceit and kill him; 2for they were saying, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.”
1Now the feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, was drawing near. 2And the high priests and the scribes were seeking how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.
The context
4and they plotted together to seize Jesus by deceit and kill him.
5 · This verse (above)
6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
To study Matthew 26 in a group
1. What it says
What did the woman do with the jar of perfume, and what did Jesus say about it (vv. 7, 10–13)?
2. What it means
What does Jesus say about his blood as he gives the cup to the disciples (vv. 27–28)?
3. How I live it
Peter said he would never deny him, and then did (vv. 33–35, 69–75). How can you start over after failing someone?