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 takes place after two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.” 3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas, and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill him. 5“Not during the festival,” they said, “so there won’t be rioting among the people.” 6While Jesus was in Bethany at the house 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 conspire together against the Lord and his Anointed One:
• Matthew 23:33“Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?
• Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”
• Acts 7:19He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them abandon their infants outside so that they wouldn’t survive.
• Acts 13:10and said, “You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery, you son of the devil and enemy of all that is right. Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?
• 2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a 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