Matthew 26:4
And they consulted together that they might take Jesus by craft and kill him.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 there be a tumult among the people.
Cross References
Matthew 23:33Serpents, generation of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell?
Acts 13:10said: O full of all deceit and all wickedness, child of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the 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 →