Matthew 26:4
And they took counsel so that by deceitfulness they might take hold of Jesus and kill him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
In Context
5But they said, “Not on the feast day, lest perhaps there may be a tumult among the people.”
Cross References
Genesis 3:1However, the serpent was more crafty than any of the creatures of the earth that the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Why has God instructed you, that you should not eat from every tree of Paradise?”
Proverbs 24:15Do not lie in wait, and do not seek impiety in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.
Matthew 23:33You serpents, you brood of vipers! How will you escape from the judgment of Hell?
Acts 13:10and he said: “So full of every deceit and of all falsehoods, son of the devil, enemy of all justice, you never cease to subvert the righteous 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 →