Matthew 26:4
and they plotted together to get Jesus into their power by a trick, and to put him to death;
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
In Context
5but said they, "Not during the feast, for fear of causing a riot among the people."
Cross References
Matthew 23:33"You serpents! You vipers brood! How shall you escape the judgment of hell?
Acts 13:10"O full of all craft and cunning, you son of the devil! You enemy of all goodness! Will you never stop perverting 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 →