But they said, Not on the feast[ day], lest there be an uproar of the people.

只是说：“当节的日子不可，恐怕百姓生乱。”

他们说：“不可在过节的日子，恐怕百姓生乱。”

他们说：“不可在过节的日子，恐怕百姓生乱。”

他们说：“我们不能在节期那天下手，以免在百姓中引起骚乱。”

不过他们说：“不可在节日期间，免得民众发生骚乱。”

只是說：「當節的日子不可，恐怕百姓生亂。」

他們說：「不可在過節的日子，恐怕百姓生亂。」

他們說：「不可在過節的日子，恐怕百姓生亂。」

他們說：「我們不能在節期那天下手，以免在百姓中引起騷亂。」

他們說，當節期不可，恐怕會有民間的擾亂。

不過他們說：「不可在節日期間，免得民眾發生騷亂。」

曰、勿於節期、恐民生亂、○

惟曰、節期不可、恐民生亂、○

惟曰、當節期不可、恐民生亂、○

且曰：『不宜於節中行之、恐民生變。』

“ But not during the festival,” they said,“ or the people may riot.”

“ But not during the feast,” they said.“ The people may stir up trouble.”

for they said,“ Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”

“ But not during the Passover celebration,” they agreed,“ or the people may riot.”

“ Not during the festival,” they said,“ so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

for they were saying,“ Not during the festival, otherwise there will be a riot of the people.”

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

for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.

“ Not during the festival,” they said,“ or there may be rioting among the people.”

For they said,“ Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”

For they said,“ Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.”

[ It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

And the scribes and chief priests heard[ it], and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.

But they said, Not on the feast[ day], lest there be an uproar among the people.

[ There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all[ men] counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.

[ There are] many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.