Matthew 26:4
New International Version
and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.

New Living Translation
plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.

English Standard Version
and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Berean Standard Bible
and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

Berean Literal Bible
and they plotted together, in order that they might seize Jesus by guile and kill Him.

King James Bible
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

New King James Version
and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.

New American Standard Bible
and they plotted together to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

NASB 1995
and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.

NASB 1977
and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth, and kill Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.

Amplified Bible
and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him.

Christian Standard Bible
and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill Him.”

American Standard Version
and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they held a council about Yeshua, so that they might seize him by deceit and murder him.

Contemporary English Version
They planned how they could sneak around and have Jesus arrested and put to death.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they consulted together, that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus, and put him to death.

English Revised Version
and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They made plans to arrest Jesus in an underhanded way and to kill him.

Good News Translation
and made plans to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death.

International Standard Version
They conspired to arrest Jesus by treachery and to kill him.

Literal Standard Version
and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill [Him],

Majority Standard Bible
and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

New American Bible
and they consulted together to arrest Jesus by treachery and put him to death.

NET Bible
They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

New Revised Standard Version
and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

New Heart English Bible
They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

Weymouth New Testament
and consulted how to get Jesus into their power by stratagem and put Him to death.

World English Bible
They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit and kill him.

Young's Literal Translation
and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill him,

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Context
The Plot to Kill Jesus
3At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, 4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him. 5“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”…

Cross References
Matthew 12:14
But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

Mark 14:1
Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.

John 11:53
So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

Acts 13:10
and said, "O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?


Treasury of Scripture

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.

consulted.

Psalm 2:2
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

by.

Matthew 23:33
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Acts 7:19
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

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Matthew 26
1. Jesus foretells his own death.
3. The rulers conspire against him.
6. The woman anoints his feet.
14. Judas bargains to betray him.
17. Jesus eats the Passover;
26. institutes his holy supper;
30. foretells the desertion of his disciples, and Peter's denial;
36. prays in the garden;
47. and being betrayed by a kiss,
57. is carried to Caiaphas,
69. and denied by Peter.














(4) That they might take Jesus by subtilty.--The plan implied in these words and in those that follow ("not on the feast day") would seem to have been hastened in its accomplishment by the unexpected treachery of Judas. They had intended to wait till the feast was over, but the temptation thus offered was too great to be resisted, and they accordingly stepped out of the limits which their caution had suggested, and were content to run the risk even of an "uproar among the people" within the twenty-four hours of the Paschal Feast.

Verse 4. - By subtilty. They had decided to put Jesus to death; the question was how to get possession of his Person when there would be no attempt at a rescue, nor any tumult in his favour. The original is literally, They took counsel in order that they might take, etc. They seem scarcely to have reckoned on any legal trial; once they had him quietly in their hands, they would find means to dispose of him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they conspired
συνεβουλεύσαντο (synebouleusanto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4823: From sun and bouleuo; to give advice jointly, i.e. Recommend, deliberate or determine.

to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

arrest
κρατήσωσιν (kratēsōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2902: From kratos; to use strength, i.e. Seize or retain.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦν (Iēsoun)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

covertly
δόλῳ (dolō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1388: Deceit, guile, treachery. From an obsolete primary verb, dello; a trick, i.e. wile.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

kill [Him].
ἀποκτείνωσιν (apokteinōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 615: To put to death, kill; fig: I abolish. From apo and kteino; to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy.


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