4 and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.
4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
4 and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
4 conspiring to seize Jesus by stealth and kill him.
4 and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.
4 plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 26:4
Commentary on Matthew 26:1-5
(Read Matthew 26:1-5)
Our Lord had often told of his sufferings as at a distance, now he speaks of them as at hand. At the same time the Jewish council consulted how they might put him to death secretly. But it pleased God to defeat their intention. Jesus, the true paschal Lamb, was to be sacrificed for us at that very time, and his death and resurrection rendered public.