Matthew 26:2-5
26:2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over 1 to be crucified.” 2
26:3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
26:4 They 3 planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
26:5 But they said, “Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.” 4
1 tn Or “will be delivered up.”
2 sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.
3 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
4 sn The suggestion here is that Jesus was too popular to openly arrest him.