Matthew 26:4
And consulted together that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kill him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
In Context
5But they sayd, Not on the feast day, least any vprore be among the people.
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtill then any beast of the fielde, which the Lord God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea, hath God in deede said, Ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden?
Proverbs 24:15Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.
Matthew 23:33O serpents, the generation of vipers, howe should ye escape the damnation of hell!
Acts 13:10And sayde, O full of all subtiltie and all mischiefe, the childe of the deuill, and enemie of all righteousnesse, wilt thou not cease to peruert the straight waies 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 →