Matthew 26:4
and consulted how to get Jesus into their power by stratagem and put Him to death.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
In Context
5But they said, "Not during the Festival, lest there be a riot among the people."
Cross References
Matthew 23:33O serpents, O vipers' brood, how are you to escape condemnation to Gehenna?
Acts 13:10said, "You who are full of every kind of craftiness and unscrupulous cunning--you son of the Devil and foe to all that is right--will you never cease to misrepresent the straight paths 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 →