4They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.


In Context

1 It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,

2 |You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.|

3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.

5 But they said, |Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.|

6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Matthew 26:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:4and they plotted to arrest Jesus in some sly way and kill him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:4And they consulted together, that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus, and put him to death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:4and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:4and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:4and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:4and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.