⁵ But they said, “Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people.”^(A)

Pilate Hands Jesus Over to Be Crucified

²⁴ So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood;^[a] see to it yourselves.”^(A)

²⁶ But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for all regard John as a prophet.”^(A)

⁵ Though Herod^[a] wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded him as a prophet.^(A)

²⁷ And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away,^[a] for it is written,

The Passover with the Disciples

¹² On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?”^(A)

² for they said, “Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people.”