# Connecting Statement:

These verses give background information about the Jewish leaders' plot to arrest and kill Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

# were gathered together

This can be stated in active form. AT: "came together" or "met together" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# Jesus stealthily

"Jesus secretly"

# Not during the feast

What the leaders did not want to do during the feast can be made more clear. AT: "We should not kill Jesus during the feast" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# the feast

This is the yearly Passover feast.