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Matthew 26:5

MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 26:5 feast. Thousands of pilgrims made the journey to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. There was much national pride as they recalled their ancestors’ liberation from bondage in Egypt. uproar. Popular uprisings were common, especially during such feasts.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Matthew 26:5. _NOT ON THE FEAST_ DAY, _LEST THERE BE AN UPROAR_] It was usual for the Jews to punish criminals at the public festivals; but in this case they were afraid of an insurrection, as o...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    13. THE PASSION OF THE KING. Chapter s 26-27. CHAPTER 26 1. His Death Planned. (Matthew 26:1 .) 2. Mary of Bethany Anointing the King.(Matthew 26:6 .) 3. The Betrayal. (Matthew 26:14 .) 4. The Last...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DECISION OF THE CHIEF PRIESTS (Mark 14:1 f.*). Mt. enlarges a simple statement of fact into a prediction by Jesus, and places the meeting of the conspirators in the house of Caiaphas. Luke 22:1 f....

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY (Matthew 26:1-5)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. Not the same as in verses: Matthew 26:11; Matthew 26:24; Matthew 26:29, Mat 11:35, Mat 11:39, Mat 11:40, Mat 11:42, Mat 11:53, Mat 11:70, Mat 11:72, Mat 11:74....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Matthew 26:1-5. Wednesday, Nisan 12. The Approach of the Passover. Jesus again Foretells His Death. The Sanhedrin meet Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:1-2. Cp....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    WEDNESDAY, NISAN 12. THE APPROACH OF THE PASSOVER. JESUS AGAIN FORETELLS HIS DEATH. THE SANHEDRIN MEET Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:1-2 Cp. John 11:55-57, where we read that ‘the chief priests and Pharisees...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    VER 3. THEN ASSEMBLED TOGETHER THE CHIEF PRIESTS, AND THE SCRIBES, AND THE ELDERS OF THE PEOPLE, UNTO THE PALACE OF THE HIGH PRIEST, WHO WAS CALLED CAIAPHAS, 4. AND CONSULTED THAT THEY MIGHT TAKE JESU...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 14:1....

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    29 See Mat_13:12; Luk_:8:18; Joh_15:2. 31 See Mat_19:28; Mar_8:38. 31 The many judgments in the Scriptures should be carefully distinguished as to time and place and participants and the attending ci...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BETRAYAL. THE LAST SUPPER. ARREST OF JESUS, AND TRIAL BEFORE THE HIGH PRIEST 1-5. A Council is held against Jesus (Mark 14:1; Luke 22:1 : cp. John 13:1)....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἔλεγον δὲ : δὲ points back to Matthew 26:1, which fixes the passion in Passover time, while the Sanhedrists thought it prudent to keep off the holy season for reason given. μὴ, etc., to avoid uproar a...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Introductory_ (Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:1-2)....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The Lord now reverted to the theme of His coming suffering, telling the disciples with great definiteness of the time-"after two days"; and of the event-"The Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But they said, Not on the (a) feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people. (a) By the word "feast" is meant the whole feast of unleavened bread: the first and eighth day of which were so ho...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Not on the festival day. Such a day seemed to them at first improper, at least to some of them; but this was overruled, when Judas informed them how he could and would put him into their hands on Thur...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Only when His prophetic word, with its every dispensational bearing, is complete does the King, in calm, conscious authority, declare to His disciples that the time has arrived for His being betrayed...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Ver. 3-5 MARK 14:1, saith, _The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death._ Luke saith much the same with Mark. They had before this been seeking how...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Matthew 26:5 But G1161 said G3004 (G5707) Not G3361 during G1722 feast G1859 lest G3363 be G1096 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among people.” ' They had the sense to recognise that it could not be done during the Feast as the public arrest of One Whom many saw as a pr...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    PREPARATION FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD (26:1-19). In this subsection we see Jesus' (and God's) preparations for what lies ahead which are interspersed with indications of the activities of the Chief Priests...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JESUS PREDICTS HIS CRUCIFIXION AND THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS PLOT HIS DEATH (26:1-5). This last section of the Gospel opens by revealing the plot. On the one hand Jesus declares that He is to be ‘d...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Our Lord had finished His public work as a Teacher; from this point He appears as High Priest. Matthew brings out this most fully: The events narrated in this section, though not given in chronologica...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Authorities plot Christ's death. Jesus annointed by Mary of Bethany. Judas sells Jesus. The last Passover. Lord's supper instituted. Gethsemane experience. Jesus before Caiaphas and Sanhedri...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Matthew 26:2. _After two day is the passover._ This is the literal import of the Greek word πασχα _pascha,_ and the Hebrew word פסח _pesach,_ because the Israelites, after eating the paschal lamb, pas...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Gospels Compared

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  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    1-26 CHAPTER 26 _And it came to pass, when He had finished_, or _completed_, all that He had spoken in the last chapter concerning, the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world, then He gird...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 26:2. THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER commemorated the deliverance of Israel from the Egyptian bondage. The ordinances of the first Passover are narrated Exodus 12:1, but some of th...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION Ch. 26-28:20 THUS JESUS ENTERS UPON HIS KINGDOM. Before attempting to expound this most momentous section of the gospel history, we must make up our minds concerning the solution of the di...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings (Matthew 26:1), This is the end of now the Olivet discourse. He now said to his disciples, Now you know that in two days is the feast o...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 4:28; Isaiah 46:10; John 18:28; Lamentations 3:37; Luke 20:6;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    But they said, Not at the feast — This was the result of human wisdom. But when Judas came they changed their purpose. So the counsel of God took place, and the true paschal Lamb was offered up on the...

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