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Literal Standard Version

Matthew 26:4

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Conspiracy;   Craftiness;   Government;   Persecution;   Priest;   Thompson Chain Reference - Craftiness;   Duplicity;   Plots Laid;   Plotting;   Simplicity-Duplicity;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caiaphas;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Universalists;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Matthew, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Announcements of Death;   Arrest ;   Betrayal;   Man (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Passover;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bethany;   Caiaphas;   Consult;   Jesus Christ (Part 1 of 2);   Jesus Christ, the Arrest and Trial of;   Subtil;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill him.
King James Version (1611)
And consulted that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kill him.
King James Version
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
English Standard Version
and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
New American Standard Bible
and they plotted together to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
New Century Version
At the meeting, they planned to set a trap to arrest Jesus and kill him.
Amplified Bible
and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.
Berean Standard Bible
and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
Contemporary English Version
They planned how they could sneak around and have Jesus arrested and put to death.
Complete Jewish Bible
They made plans to arrest Yeshua surreptitiously and have him put to death;
Darby Translation
and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;
Easy-to-Read Version
In the meeting they tried to find a way to arrest and kill Jesus without anyone knowing what they were doing. They planned to arrest Jesus and kill him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And consulted together that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kill him.
George Lamsa Translation
And they took counsel concerning Jesus, to arrest him by a snare and kill him.
Good News Translation
and made plans to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death.
Lexham English Bible
and plotted in order that they could arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
Literal Translation
And they plotted together in order that they might seize Jesus by guile and kill Him .
American Standard Version
and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
Bible in Basic English
And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.
Hebrew Names Version
They took counsel together that they might take Yeshua by deceit, and kill him.
International Standard Version
They conspired to arrest Jesus by treachery and to kill him.
Etheridge Translation
And they held counsel concerning Jeshu, how that by artifice they might apprehend and kill him.
Murdock Translation
And they held a counsel against Jesus, that they might take him by guile, and kill him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And helde a councell, that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kyll hym.
English Revised Version
and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
World English Bible
They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And consulted, how they might apprehend Jesus by subtlety and kill him.
Weymouth's New Testament
and consulted how to get Jesus into their power by stratagem and put Him to death.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and maden a counsel to holde Jhesu with gile, and sle him;
Update Bible Version
and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].
New English Translation
They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
New King James Version
and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.
New Living Translation
plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.
New Life Bible
They talked together how they might trap Jesus and kill Him.
New Revised Standard
and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and they took counsel together, in order that, Jesus, by guile, they might secure, and slay.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they consulted together that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus and put him to death.
Revised Standard Version
and took counsel together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and heelde a counsell how they mygt take Iesus by suttelte and kyll him.
Young's Literal Translation
and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill [him],
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and helde a councell, how they might take Iesus by disceate, and kyll him.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and consulted how to seize Jesus by surprize, and take away his life.
Simplified Cowboy Version
tryin' to come up with a plan to kill Jesus.

Contextual Overview

1And it came to pass, when Jesus finished all these words, He said to His disciples, 2"You have known that after two days the Passover comes, and the Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified." 3Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, into the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas; 4and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill [Him],5and they said, "Not in the celebration, that there may not be a tumult among the people."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

consulted: Psalms 2:2

by: Matthew 23:33, Genesis 3:1, Acts 7:19, Acts 13:10, 2 Corinthians 11:3

Reciprocal: Psalms 11:2 - that Psalms 21:11 - imagined Psalms 22:13 - gaped Psalms 26:10 - In Psalms 31:13 - while Psalms 35:20 - but Psalms 37:12 - General Psalms 41:7 - against Psalms 55:11 - deceit Psalms 56:6 - gather Psalms 62:4 - consult Psalms 64:2 - secret Psalms 64:5 - commune Psalms 71:10 - take Psalms 86:14 - assemblies Proverbs 1:11 - let us lurk Proverbs 12:5 - counsels Proverbs 19:21 - many Proverbs 24:2 - General Proverbs 24:15 - Lay Isaiah 32:7 - deviseth Jeremiah 11:9 - General Jeremiah 11:19 - and I Jeremiah 26:8 - the priests Jeremiah 26:15 - ye shall Daniel 6:4 - sought Daniel 6:7 - have consulted Matthew 21:38 - This Matthew 27:1 - all Matthew 28:12 - General Mark 11:18 - and Mark 14:1 - by Luke 19:47 - the chief priests Luke 20:19 - the same Acts 4:1 - the priests Acts 4:27 - the people Acts 23:12 - certain 1 Corinthians 5:8 - neither

Cross-References

Genesis 13:16
And I have set your seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even your seed is numbered;
Genesis 15:5
and He brings him out outside and says, "Now look attentively toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them"; and He says to him, "Thus is your seed."
Genesis 15:18
In that day has YHWH made with Abram a covenant, saying, "To your seed I have given this land, from the River of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River,
Genesis 18:18
and Abraham certainly becomes a great and mighty nation, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?
Genesis 26:2
And YHWH appears to him and says, "Do not go down toward Egypt, dwell in the land concerning which I speak to you,
Genesis 26:3
sojourn in this land, and I am with you, and bless you, for to you and to your seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to your father Abraham;
Genesis 26:4
and I have multiplied your seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to your seed all these lands; and all nations of the earth have blessed themselves in your Seed;
Genesis 26:8
And it comes to pass, when the days have been prolonged to him there, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looks through the window, and sees, and behold, Isaac is playing with his wife Rebekah.
Genesis 26:17
and Isaac goes from there, and encamps in the Valley of Gerar, and dwells there;
Genesis 26:18
and Isaac turns back, and digs the wells of water which they dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines have stopped after the death of Abraham, and he calls to them names according to the names which his father called them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety,.... The Jews had often attempted his life, but he escaped out of their hands; they had sent officers to apprehend him, but to no purpose; they therefore meet and consult together, to form some scheme, and make use of some stratagem, that they might lay hold on him, and keep him; they were for doing this in the most private manner they could:

and kill him; not with their own hands, nor privately; but their scheme was to apprehend him privately, by some secret artifice, and then deliver him to the Roman governor; to put him to death according to law, publicly, for crimes they had to charge him with; hereby Psalms 2:2, had its accomplishment, at least in part.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 26:4. And 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 essential achievement of Christianity, viz. his resurrection from the grave, should be exhibited before many witnesses, and in the most open manner, that infidelity might not attempt, in future, to invalidate the evidences of the Christian religion, by alleging that these things were done in a corner. See WAKEFIELD in loco.


 
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