⁵ But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the ^(A)people.”

²⁴ When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a ^[a]tumult was rising, he ^(A)took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this ^[b]just Person. You see to it.”

²⁶ But if we say, ‘From men,’ we ^(A)fear the multitude, ^(B)for all count John as a prophet.”

⁵ And although he wanted to put him to death, he feared the multitude, ^(A)because they counted him as a prophet.

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial^(A)

^27 (B)Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble ^[a]because of Me this night, for it is written:

Jesus Celebrates the Passover with His Disciples^(A)

^12 (B)Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they ^[a]killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?”

² But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.”