Matthew 26:4 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 26:4

and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty - The providence of God frustrated their artful machinations; and that event which they wished to conduct with the greatest privacy and silence was transacted with all possible celebrity, amidst the thousands who resorted to Jerusalem, at this season, for the keeping of the passover. It was, doubtless, of the very first importance that the crucifixion of Christ, which was preparatory to the most essential achievement of Christianity, viz. his resurrection from the grave, should be exhibited before many witnesses, and in the most open manner, that infidelity might not attempt, in future, to invalidate the evidences of the Christian religion, by alleging that these things were done in a corner.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If Judas had not been an apostle, he could not have been a traitor; if men had known the way of righteousness, they could not have abused it. I will deliver him unto you. He did not offer himself, nor did they tamper with him, to be a witness against Christ, though they wanted evidence,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

We now approach the closing scene of our Lord Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry. Hitherto we have read of his sayings and doings: we are now about to read of his sufferings and death. Hitherto we have seen him as the Great Prophet; we are now about to see him as the great High Priest. It is a portion of Scripture which ought to be read with peculiar reverence and attention. The place we on we stand is holy ground.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
συνεβουλεύσαντο	sunebouleusanto	they plotted together	G4823 →
ἵνα	ina	in order that	G2443 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦν	Iēsoun	Jesus	G2424 →
δόλῳ	dolō	by guile	G1388 →
κρατήσωσιν	kratēsōsin	they may seize	G2902 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀποκτείνωσιν.	apokteinōsin	may kill.	G615 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 2:2
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
leads to
- Matthew 26:59
  Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
- Matthew 27:1
  When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
- Revelation 17:12–14
  The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast.
- Psalms 45:7
  You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
Through
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?
leads to
- John 8:44
  You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him.…
- 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.
Through
Matthew 23:33
You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
leads to
- Matthew 3:7
  But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- Matthew 12:34
  You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.