Matthew Chapter 26 verse 4 Holy Bible
and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
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And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.
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and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;
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And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
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They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
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and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill `him',
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - By subtilty. They had decided to put Jesus to death; the question was how to get possession of his Person when there would be no attempt at a rescue, nor any tumult in his favour. The original is literally, They took counsel in order that they might take, etc. They seem scarcely to have reckoned on any legal trial; once they had him quietly in their hands, they would find means to dispose of him.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) That they might take Jesus by subtilty.--The plan implied in these words and in those that follow ("not on the feast day") would seem to have been hastened in its accomplishment by the unexpected treachery of Judas. They had intended to wait till the feast was over, but the temptation thus offered was too great to be resisted, and they accordingly stepped out of the limits which their caution had suggested, and were content to run the risk even of an "uproar among the people" within the twenty-four hours of the Paschal Feast.
