Matthew 26:4

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Gen 3:1 : 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
  • Ps 2:2 : 2 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,
  • Matt 12:14 : 14 But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
  • Acts 7:19 : 19 The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive.
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

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  • 3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

  • 2 The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

  • Matt 27:1-2
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    80%

    1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

    2 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • 1 It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.

  • 53 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.

  • Luke 22:4-6
    3 verses
    79%

    4 He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them.

    5 They were glad, and agreed to give him money.

    6 He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.

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    14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests,

    15 and said, "What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.

    16 From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

  • 5 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."

  • 57 Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

  • 15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.

  • 59 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

  • 10 But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,

  • 54 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

  • 14 But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

  • Acts 6:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."

    12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

  • 1 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

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    19 The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

    20 They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

  • 6 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

  • 66 As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

  • Acts 9:23-24
    2 verses
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    23 When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him,

    24 but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,

  • 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.

  • 11 They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.

  • 46 They laid their hands on him, and seized him.

  • 20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

  • 11 But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.

  • 55 In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.

  • 53 They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together with him.

  • 27 "For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

  • 3 They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.

  • Acts 25:2-3
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    2 Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,

    3 asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.

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    12 When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,

    13 saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

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    47 While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the people.

    48 Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, "Whoever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him."

  • 15 Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near."

  • 15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

  • 25 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?

  • 7 They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in.

  • 44 Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, "Whoever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely."

  • 44 Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.

  • 23 him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;