Matthew 26:4 (WEB)
They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit and kill him.
Fathers and councils · 13
Augustine of Hippo
“Then one of the twelve, called Judas Scarioth, went unto the chief priests,” etc. For between the place where it is said, “lest there be an uproar among the people,” and the passage where we read, “then one of the disciples, called…” — editor's note: Matt. xxvi. 2–5, 14, etc.
Read the whole comment“Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, there came unto Him a woman having an alabaster box of precious ointment, and poured it on His head as He sat at meat;” and so on down to the words, “there shall also this that this woman hath done be told for a memorial of her.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvi. 3–13.
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John Chrysostom
“But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvi. 3–5. [This passage contains some peculiar variations: in verse 3, “in the palace” (court) is substituted for “unto;” in verse 4, the more probable…
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
Then the Evangelist lays before us the hidden springs and machinery by which the Lord’s Passion was brought to pass.
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This, “then,” is to be referred to the preceding words, and means before the Feast of the Passover.
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Not true Priests and elders, but Priests and elders of what seemed the people of God, but was indeed the people of Gomorrah; these, not knowing God’s High Priest, laid a plot against Him, not recognizing “the…
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With such ill designs they came to the chief Priest, seeking a sanction whence a prohibition should have issued. There were at that time several Chief Priests, while the Law allowed but of one, whence it was manifest…
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They are condemned both because they were gathered together, and because they were the Chief Priests; for the more the numbers, and the higher the rank and station of those who band together for any villainy, the…
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For what then did they conspire, to seize Him secretly, or put Him to death? For both; but they feared the people, and therefore waited till the feast was over, for “they said, not on the feast-day.” For the Devil…
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By reason of the parties among the populace, those who favoured and those who hated Christ, those who believed and those who believed not.
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This precaution of the Chief Priests arose not from reverence for the festival, but, from care for the success of their plot; they feared an insurrection at that season, not because of the guilt the populace might…
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But their fury set aside their caution, and finding a betrayer, they put Christ to death in the middle of the feast.
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We recognise here a providential arrangement whereby the chief men of the Jews, who had often sought occasion of effecting their cruel purposes against Christ, could never yet succeed till the days of the paschal…
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.79.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.79.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.79.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.79.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.79.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.79.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.79.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.79.
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 26:3–5 (Catena Aurea).