Matthew 26:5

“And they said, not on the feast day, etc.] Upon mature deliberation, it was an agreed point with them, at least it was carried by a majority, that nothing of this kind should be attempted to be done on the feast day, on any of the days of the feast of passover, which was now at hand; though this was contrary to their common rules and usages: for, a person that sinned presumptuously, and such an one they accounted Jesus to be, they say f1475, “they do not put him to death by the order of the sanhedrim of his own city, nor by the sanhedrim of Jabneh; but they bring him up to the great sanhedrim at Jerusalem, and keep him “until the feast”, and put him to death, lgrb, “on a feast day”; as it is…”

“But they said, Not at the feast - This was the result of human wisdom. But when Judas came they changed their purpose. So the counsel of God took place, and the true paschal Lamb was offered up on the great day of the paschal solemnity. Matthew 26:6”

“26:5 Jerusalem was flooded with pilgrims at Passover, and the Jewish leaders worried about having their authority taken away if they caused or allowed anything that resembled revolt against Rome (see 21:8-11, 14-16).”

“Not: Psa 76:10; Pro 19:21, Pro 21:30; Isa 46:10; Lam 3:37; Mar 14:2, Mar 14:12, Mar 14:27; Luk 22:7; Joh 18:28; Act 4:28 lest: Mat 14:5, Mat 21:26; Luk 20:6 Matthew 26:6”