Matthew 26:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 [a]Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 (A)and they consulted together to arrest Jesus by treachery and put him to death. 5 But they said, “Not during the festival,[b] that there may not be a riot among the people.”
The Anointing at Bethany.[c]
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- 26:3 Caiaphas was high priest from A.D. 18 to 36.
- 26:5 Not during the festival: the plan to delay Jesus’ arrest and execution until after the festival was not carried out, for according to the synoptics he was arrested on the night of Nisan 14 and put to death the following day. No reason is given why the plan was changed.
- 26:6–13 See notes on Mk 14:3–9 and Jn 12:1–8.
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