Matthew 26:4

4 et consilium fecerunt ut Iesum dolo tenerent et occiderent

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 scitis quia post biduum pascha fiet et Filius hominis tradetur ut crucifigatur

3 tunc congregati sunt principes sacerdotum et seniores populi in atrium principis sacerdotum qui dicebatur Caiaphas

4 et consilium fecerunt ut Iesum dolo tenerent et occiderent

5 dicebant autem non in die festo ne forte tumultus fieret in populo

6 cum autem esset Iesus in Bethania in domo Simonis leprosi