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

2Ye know that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified. 3Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas; and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him. 5But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people. 6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Matthew 26:4 word by word

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

• tookκρατέωkrateō · to grasp/seizeG2902
• togetherσυμβουλεύωsumbouleuō · to consultG4823
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• killἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615

Cross-references for Matthew 26:4

• Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, saying,
• Matthew 23:33Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?
• Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?
• Acts 7:19The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.
• Acts 13:10and said, O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
• 2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward 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