Matthew 26:4
They plotted together to arrest Jesus stealthily and kill him.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
In Context
5For they were saying, “Not during the feast, so that a riot does not arise among the people.”
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more shrewd than any other beast of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, 'You must not eat from any tree of the garden'?”
Proverbs 24:15Do not lie in wait like the wicked person 1 who attacks the house of the righteous person. 1 Do not destroy his home! 1
Matthew 23:33You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of hell?
Acts 13:10and said, “You son of the devil, you are full of all kinds of deceit and wickedness. You are an enemy of every kind of righteousness. You will never stop twisting the straight paths of the Lord, will you?
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 →