Matthew 26:4

Matthew 26:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
• New International Version (NIV)and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.

Context of Matthew 26:4

2“You know that the Passover is coming in two days, and the Son of Man is to be betrayed and handed over for crucifixion.” 3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the [elegant home of the Jewish] high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him. 5But they said, “It must not be during the festival (Passover), otherwise there might be a riot among the people.” 6Now when Jesus was [back] in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,

Matthew 26:4 word by word

καὶ συνεβουλεύσαντο ἵνα τὸν Ἰησοῦν δόλῳ κρατήσωσιν καὶ ἀποκτείνωσιν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• consultedσυμβουλεύωsumbouleuō · to consultG4823
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• they might takeκρατέωkrateō · to grasp/seizeG2902
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• by subtiltyδόλοςdolos · deceitG1388
• killἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615

Cross-references for Matthew 26:4

• Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand; And the rulers take counsel together Against the Lord and His Anointed (the Davidic King, the Messiah, the Christ), saying,
• Matthew 23:33You serpents, you spawn of vipers, how can you escape the penalty of hell?
• Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, “Can it really be that God has said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
• Acts 7:19He shrewdly exploited our race and mistreated our fathers, forcing them to expose their [male] babies so that they would die.
• Acts 13:10and said, “You [Elymas] who are full of every [kind of] deceit, and every [kind of] fraud, you son of the devil, enemy of everything that is right and good, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?
• 2 Corinthians 11:3But I am afraid that, even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted and led away from the simplicity of [your sincere and] pure devotion to Christ.

Commentaries on Matthew 26:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty - The providence of God frustrated their artful machinations; and that event which they wished to conduct with the greatest privacy and silence was transacted with all possible celebrity, amidst the thousands who resorted to Jerusalem, at this season, for the keeping of the passover. It was, doubtless, of the very first importance that the crucifixion of Christ, which was preparatory to the most…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 26:4

• Conspiracy
• Craftiness
• Government
• Persecution
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Adjure
• Blood
• Covenant
• Cup
• Curse
• Friend
• Guilty
• Heavy

Commentaries on Matthew 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings