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

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.”

“ 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.”

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

And it is good for people to submit at an early age to the yoke of his discipline:

When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared,“ Surely this man is the Prophet we’ve been expecting.”

When the leading priests and teachers of religious law heard what Jesus had done, they began planning how to kill him. But they were afraid of him because the people were so amazed at his teaching.

But if we say it was merely human, the people will stone us because they are convinced John was a prophet.”

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

No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord.

But do we dare say it was merely human?” For they were afraid of what the people would do, because everyone believed that John was a prophet.

You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.

Then the Pharisees said to each other,“ There’s nothing we can do. Look, everyone has gone after him!”