Matthew 26:4

The Passion Translation

That’s when they made their decision to secretly have Jesus captured and killed.

Cross References

Genesis 3:1

Now the snake was the most cunning of all living beings that Yahweh-God had made. He deviously asked the woman, “Did God really tell you, ‘You must not eat fruit from any tree of the garden—?’ ”

Psalm 2:2

Look at how the power brokers of the world rise up to hold their summit as the rulers scheme and confer together against Yahweh and his Anointed King, saying:

Proverbs 24:15

Listen up, you wicked, irreverent ones— don’t harass the lovers of God and don’t invade their resting place.

Matthew 12:14

Immediately the Pharisees went out and started to scheme about how they would destroy him.

Matthew 23:33

You are nothing but snakes in the grass, the offspring of poisonous vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell if you refuse to turn in repentance?

Mark 14:1

Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the leading priests and religious scholars were committed to finding a way to secretly arrest Jesus and have him executed.

John 11:53

So from that day on, they were committed to killing Jesus.

Acts 13:10

“You son of the devil! You are full of every form of fraud and deceit and an enemy of all that is right. When will you stop perverting the truth of God into lies?

Acts 7:19

He was an abusive king who exploited our people with his smooth talk. With cruelty he forced our ancestors to give up their little boys as he committed infanticide!

2 Corinthians 11:3

But now I’m afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s clever lies, your thoughts may be corrupted and you may lose your single-hearted devotion and pure love for Christ.