Matthew 26:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

They were taking counsel together as to how they might take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And consulted together in order to arrest Jesus by stratagem secretly and put Him to death.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

They were plotting to arrest Jesus by cunning tricks and to kill him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And they took counsel so that by deceitfulness they might take hold of Jesus and kill him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 26:4 Cross References

Matthew 12:14

But the Pharisees left and began discussing together how they could arrange to kill Him.

Matthew 23:33

You snakes! You children of snakes! How do you expect to escape being judged [and condemned] in hell?

Mark 14:1

Now the Passover Festival and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were held two days later. [Note: This was the annual Jewish Festival week commemorating Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian bondage under Moses’ leadership. The unleavened bread was specially baked to contain no yeast, and was eaten for seven days as part of the celebration]. And the leading priests and experts in the Law of Moses were looking for a way to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.

John 11:53

So, from that day onward, the Jewish authorities began plotting [how] to kill Jesus.

Acts 13:10

and said, “You child of the devil; you enemy of all that is right; you are full of deceit and every kind of evil [thing]. When will you stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?

Acts 7:19

This king exploited the Hebrews and mistreated our forefathers, even requiring that they abandon their [small] babies, leaving them to die [See Exodus 1:22].

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that somehow, just as the snake tricked Eve by his cunning, your minds might[also] be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.