Matthew 26:4

WEB

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

KJV

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

BSB

⁴and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

FBV

⁴There they plotted to arrest Jesus on some deceitful pretext^[+] and kill him.

Related Resources

Gospel of Matthew Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject
A Tale of Two Sorrows (Matthew 26-27) - Grace to You
Who Killed Jesus? 1 Thessalonians 2:13–16, Part 7 - Desiring God
The Betrayed Christ Protects His Own (John 18:1–11) - Grace to You

Extra References

Matthew 12:14

¹⁴But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

Psalms 2:2

²The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed,

Acts 13:10

¹⁰and said, “You son of the devil, full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

Acts 7:19

¹⁹The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.

Genesis 3:1

¹Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”

Matthew 23:33

³³You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

2 Corinthians 11:3

³But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.