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Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 26
Mt 26, Verses 3–5English original
Then assembled together the Chief Priests, and the Scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the High Priest, who was called Caiaphas, And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
By reason of the parties among the populace, those who favoured and those who hated Christ, those who believed and those who believed not.