Matthew 26:4 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And consulted together in order to arrest Jesus by stratagem secretly and put Him to death.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴ They were plotting to arrest Jesus by cunning tricks and to kill him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And they took counsel so that by deceitfulness they might take hold of Jesus and kill him.

English Standard Version 2016

⁴ and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Matthew 26:4 Cross References

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise?

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord and against his Christ.

Proverbs 24:15

Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.

Matthew 12:14

And the Pharisees going out made a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.

Matthew 23:33

You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of hell?

Mark 14:1

NOW the feast of the pasch, and of the Azymes was after two days; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might by some wile lay hold on him, and kill him.

John 11:53

From that day therefore they devised to put him to death.

Acts 13:10

Said: O full of all guile, and of all deceit, child of the devil, enemy of all justice, thou ceasest not to pervert the right ways of the Lord.

Acts 7:19

This same dealing craftily with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their children, to the end they might not be kept alive.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I fear lest, as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted, and fall from the simplicity that is in Christ.