Matthew 26:4
There they plotted to arrest Jesus on some deceitful pretext and kill him.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
In Context
5But they said, “Let's not do this during the festival so that the people don't riot.”
Cross References
Genesis 3:1The serpent was more cunning than any of the other wild animals that the Lord God had made. He asked Eve, “Did God really say that you can't eat fruit from every tree in the garden?”
Proverbs 24:15Don't be like a criminal waiting to ambush the home of good people; don't attack the place where they live.
Matthew 23:33You snakes, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
Acts 13:10“You are full of deception and all kinds of evil, you son of the devil, you enemy of all that is right! Will you never give up perverting the Lord's true ways?
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 →