Matthew 26:3-5
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 1 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.” 2
1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
2 sn The suggestion here is that Jesus was too popular to openly arrest him.