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Matthew 26:4

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

KJV

καὶ συνεβουλεύσαντο ἵνα τὸν Ἰησοῦν δόλῳ κρατήσωσιν καὶ ἀποκτείνωσιν·

Greek NT

et consilium fecerunt ut Jesum dolo tenerent, et occiderent.

Vulgate

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

ASV

And they consulted together that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus and put him to death.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δόλος
dolos
noun · 11×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρατέω
krateo
verb · 47×
συμβουλεύω
sumbouleuo
verb · 4×
ἀποκτείνω
apokteino
verb · 74×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 5:8 — Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
  • 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?
  • Acts 23:12 — And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
  • Dan 6:7 — All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever sh
  • Matt 12:14 — Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
  • Matt 12:14 — Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
  • Prov 19:21 — There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
  • Ps 2:2 — The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
  • Ps 21:11 — For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
  • Ps 35:20 — For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
  • Ps 37:12 — The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.