Matthew 26:4
and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and put him to death;
Open English Bible (US)
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 Festival, or the people may riot.”
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the snake was craftier than any other wild beast that the Lord God had made. It said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You must not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
Matthew 23:33You snakes and children of snakes! How can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?
Acts 13:10“You incarnation of deceit and all fraud! You son of the devil! You opponent of all that is good! Will you never cease to divert the straight paths of the Lord? Listen!
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 →