Matthew 26:4
They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit and kill him.
World English Bible
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 a riot occur among the people.”
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”
Proverbs 24:15Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place;
Matthew 23:33You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
Acts 13:10and said, “You son of the devil, full of all deceit and all cunning, you 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 →