Matthew 26:4

4 and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.

Matthew 26:4 in Other Translations

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

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

4 plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.

4 conspiring to seize Jesus by stealth and kill him.

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

4 They made plans to arrest Jesus in an underhanded way and to kill him.

4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill Him.

4 They made plans to arrest Jesus in a clever way. They wanted to kill him.

Matthew 26:4 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 26:4

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety
The Jews had often attempted his life, but he escaped out of their hands; they had sent officers to apprehend him, but to no purpose; they therefore meet and consult together, to form some scheme, and make use of some stratagem, that they might lay hold on him, and keep him; they were for doing this in the most private manner they could:

and kill him;
not with their own hands, nor privately; but their scheme was to apprehend him privately, by some secret artifice, and then deliver him to the Roman governor; to put him to death according to law, publicly, for crimes they had to charge him with; hereby ( Psalms 2:2 ) , had its accomplishment, at least in part.

Matthew 26:4 In-Context

2 “As you know, the Passover is two days away—and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

4 and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.

5 “But not during the festival,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”

6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,

Cross References

• 1. S Matthew 12:14