For they said, “Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.” ¹ 

biblegateway Mar 14:2

for they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people."

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

For they said, "Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar by the people.

biblegateway Mar 14:2

"But not during the Feast," they said, "or the people may riot."

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

bibleoremus Mar 14:2

for they said, "Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people."

“It must not be during the festival,” they said, “or we should have rioting among the people.”

biblegateway Mar 14:2

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

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

biblegateway Mar 14:2

For they said, “Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.” ¹ 

¹ 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.