After two days was [the feast of] the
passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes
sought how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death.
BSB
Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
WEB
It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.
YLT
And the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him;
F.O.G Original
(1) Now the Passover (Pesach) and festival of Unleavened Bread (Matzah) were two days away and the leading priests and Torah-scribes sought how to arrest Him cunningly to kill.
F.O.G
(1) Now the Passover (Pesach) and festival of Unleavened Bread (Matzah) were two days away and the leading priests and Torah-scribes sought how to arrest Him cunningly to kill.
F.O.G MSG
¹It was now two days before the Passover Festival and the Festival of Unleavened Breadᵃ. The chief priests and religious scholars were secretly plotting how they could arrest Jesus and kill Him.
Footnotes:
¹ᵃ Passover and Unleavened Bread: These were connected Jewish festivals commemorating God’s deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Passover lasted one day, followed by seven days of eating unleavened bread.