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Matthew 26:4

Jesus

2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

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

5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

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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.

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Cross references

  • Matthew 12:14

    Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

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  • Acts 13:10

    And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

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  • Psalms 2:2

    The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

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  • Genesis 3:1

    Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

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  • Matthew 23:33

    Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

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  • Acts 7:19

    The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

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  • 2 Corinthians 11:3

    But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

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