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Matthew 26:4

Jesus

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

3 At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

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

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

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
KJV
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
WEB
They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit and kill him.
ASV
and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
DARBY
and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;
BLB
and they plotted together in order that they might seize Jesus by guile and kill [Him].
ÅB
og de rådslo om å gripe Jesus med list og slå ham ihjel.
OTB
og de la planer sammen om å arrestere Jesus i hemmelighet og drepe ham.
B1930
og de rådslo om å gripe Jesus med list og slå ham ihjel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 12:14

    But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

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  • Acts 13:10

    and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

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  • Psalms 2:2

    The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

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  • Genesis 3:1

    Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

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  • Matthew 23:33

    You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

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  • Acts 7:19

    He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

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  • 2 Corinthians 11:3

    I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

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