Matthew 26:4
and they deliberated so that they might take Jesus by trickery, and kill him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
In Context
5But they said, Not during the feast, lest an uproar develop among people.
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yea, has God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?
Proverbs 24:15Lay not in wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place.
Matthew 23:33Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how will ye escape from the damnation of hell?
Acts 13:10said, O man full of all deceit and all recklessness, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, will thou not cease distorting the straight ways of Lord?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:2-6
The Plot of the Chief Priests. 1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3 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, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar… Read the whole commentary →