Not on the Feast Day - Matthew 26:5

Matthew the apostle wrote, “and it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples. You know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 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, And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him”, and in chapter twenty-six and verse five of his book, Matthew writes how the religious leaders said, “not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar” where we read:

But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

The verse reads, “But they said, Not on the feast day, ...” Matthew began with Jesus' word, “but” which means “nevertheless, moreover and” “they said” or “the religious leaders uttered, declared and proclaimed”, “Not on the feast day” which means “no never upon the holy day or festival” . Matthew shared how the religious leaders would not capture Jesus on their “festival day”.

The verse goes on to say, “... lest there be an uproar among the people.” Matthew continued with the word, “lest” which means “in order and so that” “there be an uproar” or “there will arise and appear a noise, tumult and wailing” “among the people” which means “with the people of Jerusalem”. Matthew shared how the religious concluded they should not attempt to “capture” Jesus during the “feast” at hand because the people would revolt and rebel over it.

When we consider Matthew's words in this verse,we discover how careful the “religious leaders” were as to the timing for when they would take Jesus. They knew the crowd of people were enamored by the miracles of Jesus, and if the religious leaders took Him during the “passover feast”, there would be an “uprising” among them. God's desire is to “save” every person through His son Jesus, and even though there were the “religious leaders among the people”, their positions did not mean they knew Him as their personal “Savior and Lord”. Let all who read these words be aware, some people disguise themselves a “religious leaders”, and they will do everything they can to keep Jesus from being “Savior” to those who are lost.

Next time Matthew shares about, “when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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