Matthew 26:4
and heelde a counsell how they mygt take Iesus by suttelte and kyll him.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
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 holy daye lest eny vproure aryse amonge the people.
Cross References
Genesis 3:1But the serpent was sotyller than all the beastes of the felde which ye LORde God had made and sayd vnto the woman. Ah syr that God hath sayd ye shall not eate of all maner trees in the garden.
Matthew 23:33Yee serpentes and generacion of vipers how shuld ye scape ye dapnacio of hell?
Acts 13:10and sayde: O full of all sutteltie and disseytfulnes the chylde of the devyll and ye enemye of all righteousnes thou ceasest not to pervert the strayght wayes of the Lorde.
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 →