Matthew 26:4
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
In Context
5But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, has God said, All of you shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Proverbs 24:15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
Matthew 23:33All of you serpents, all of you generation of vipers, how can all of you escape the damnation of hell?
Acts 13:10And said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief, you child of the devil, 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 →