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Initial the Chief Priest had stated that Christ should not be killed during the festival as this would have caused a riot
Mark 14:1-2 NIV
Now the Passover and Festival of Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest Him covertly and kill Him; 2 for they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise there will be a riot of the people.”
But later it would seem it was during the festival that actually Christ was crucified since the first night Judas betrayed him is said to have been the first day of the festival
Mark 14:12 NIV
12 On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was being sacrificed, His disciples *said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
Pilate further points it out that it was during the festival that Christ stood before him when he released a prisoner of their choice
Mark 15:6 NIV
Now at the Passover Feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested.
They went on to crucify him clearly during the festival
Did Chief Priest change their minds about crucifying Christ during the festival?
