They took counsel together (συνεβουλευσαντο). Aorist middle indicative, indicating their puzzled state of mind. They have had no t…

By subtlety. That is, by guile, deceit, or in some secret manner, so that the people would not know it.

Jesus was regarded by the p…

That they might take Jesus by deceit — The plan implied in these words and in the phrase that follows, “not on the feast day,” see…

While Jesus was prophesying, His enemies were plotting. This fulfilled Psalm 2:2: “The rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and again…

Glossa Ordinaria: Then the Evangelist presents to us the hidden springs and machinery by which the Lord's Passion was brought …

Opposition to Jesus had been rising for some time (cf. 12:14; 21:45–46). God, however, is in control of these events. The leaders may plot; but if …

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety
The Jews had often attempted his life, but he escaped out of th…

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 the…

The Evangelist, having related the preparatory events for the Pa ion, here begins to discu Christ’s Pa ion, which is divided into two parts. First,…