Matthew 26:4
And they held counsel concerning Jeshu, how that by artifice they might apprehend and kill him.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
In Context
5And they said, Let it not be on the festival, lest there be a tumult among the people.
Cross References
Matthew 23:33Serpents, birth of vipers! how will you escape from the judgment of gihana?
Acts 13:10and said, O full of all deceits and all wickednesses, thou son of the devil, and adversary of all righteousness, ceasest thou not 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 →