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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
What did they consult together? That they might seize Him secretly, or that they might put Him to death? Both; for they feared the people. Wherefore also they waited for the feast to be past; for "they said, Not on the feast day." For the devil, lest he should make the passion conspicuous, was not willing it should take place at the passover; but they, lest there should be an uproar. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Likewise, that about which they took counsel is touched upon: that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus. And it was foolish of them to think they could take by subtilty one who knew all things; Jeremiah 9:8: their tongue is a wounding arrow, it hath spoken deceit.
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