“They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit and kill him.”
Matthew 26:4 (WEB)
Context Reading
2“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.” 3Then 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. 4They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit and kill him. 5But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.” 6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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