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Matthew 26:4–5

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And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
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  1. Matthew 12:14Rank 1 from verse 4
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    14¶ Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

  2. Acts 13:10Rank 2 from verse 4
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    10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

  3. Psalms 2:2Rank 3 from verse 4
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    2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

  4. Acts 7:19Rank 4 from verse 4
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    19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

  5. Genesis 3:1Rank 5 from verse 4
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    1NOW the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

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  1. Matthew 27:24Rank 1 from verse 5
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    24¶ When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

  2. Matthew 14:5Rank 2 from verse 5
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    5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

  3. Matthew 21:26Rank 3 from verse 5
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    26But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

  4. Isaiah 46:10Rank 4 from verse 5
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    10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

  5. Mark 14:12Rank 5 from verse 5
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    12¶ And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?

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Matthew 26:4

COMBINED MEANING

consulted

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of consult, meaning to take counsel or plan together.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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Matthew 26:5

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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feast

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Sense 1: A large or special meal, often connected with an appointed celebration. Sense 2: As a verb, to eat or entertain at such a meal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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lest

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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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uproar

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A loud, confused, disorderly public disturbance, riot, tumult, agitation, or violent commotion.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

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5But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

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6¶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

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