“And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.”
And plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. The conspiracy's goal: arrest by stealth and killing. The by stealth communicates the political constraint that has governed the religious establishment throughout the passion week (Matthew 21:46, 22:15): the public character of Jesus' ministry and the crowd's support requires a covert arrest.
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