Matthew 26:5

26:5 But they said, “Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.” ¹ 

Matthew 27:24

Jesus is Condemned and Mocked

27:24 When ²  Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!” ³ 

[26:5]  ¹ sn The suggestion here is that Jesus was too popular to openly arrest him.

[27:24]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[27:24]  ³ sn You take care of it yourselves! Compare the response of the chief priests and elders to Judas in 27:4. The expression is identical except that in 27:4 it is singular and here it is plural.