John 6:4

6:4 (Now the Jewish feast of the Passover ¹  was near.) ² 

Matthew 26:2-5

26:2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over ³  to be crucified.” ⁴  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 ⁵  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.” ⁶ 

Mark 14:1-2

The Plot Against Jesus

14:1 Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law ⁷  were trying to find a way ⁸  to arrest Jesus ⁹  by stealth and kill him. 14:2 For they said, “Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.” ¹⁰ 

Luke 22:1-2

Judas’ Decision to Betray Jesus

22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, ¹¹  which is called the Passover, was approaching. 22:2 The ¹²  chief priests and the experts in the law ¹³  were trying to find some way ¹⁴  to execute ¹⁵  Jesus, ¹⁶  for they were afraid of the people. ¹⁷ 

[6:4]  ¹ sn Passover. According to John’s sequence of material, considerable time has elapsed since the feast of 5:1. If the feast in 5:1 was Pentecost of a.d. 31, then this feast would be the Passover of a.d. 32, just one year before Jesus’ crucifixion.

[6:4]  ² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[26:2]  ³ tn Or “will be delivered up.”

[26:2]  ⁴ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

[26:4]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:5]  ⁶ sn The suggestion here is that Jesus was too popular to openly arrest him.

[14:1]  ⁷ tn Or “the chief priests and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

[14:1]  ⁸ tn Grk “were seeking how.”

[14:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:2]  ¹⁰ sn The suggestion here is that Jesus was too popular to openly arrest him. The verb were trying is imperfect. It suggests, in this context, that they were always considering the opportunities.

[22:1]  ¹¹ sn The Feast of Unleavened Bread was a week long celebration that followed the day of Passover, so one name was used for both feasts (Exod 12:1-20; 23:15; 34:18; Deut 16:1-8).

[22:2]  ¹² tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[22:2]  ¹³ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[22:2]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “were seeking how.”

[22:2]  ¹⁵ tn The Greek verb here means “to get rid of by execution” (BDAG 64 s.v. ἀναιρέω 2; cf. also L&N 20.71, which states, “to get rid of someone by execution, often with legal or quasi-legal procedures”).

[22:2]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:2]  ¹⁷ sn The suggestion here is that Jesus was too popular to openly arrest him. The verb were trying is imperfect. It suggests, in this context, that they were always considering the opportunities.