Bible verse
and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
Matthew 26:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 26.
1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things, He told His disciples,
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,
4 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,
7 a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?
KJV
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].
ASV
and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
ERV
and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
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