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 Living Translation (NLT)plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.

Context of Matthew 26:4

2“You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.” 3Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him. 5But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.” 6And when 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 set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,
• Matthew 23:33Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?
• Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
• Acts 7:19This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live.
• Acts 13:10and said, “O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
• 2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in 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

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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