the plot against Jesus

and they plotted to arrest Jesus in some sly way and kill him. But not during the Feast," they said, "or there may be a riot among the people."

if the word of God is a mirror as it states in james 1:23, then theoretically we should be able to see something of ourselves reflected even in this obscure passage. if this is true, then we see the worst of ourselves in the chief priests and elders of the people. they wanted to get rid of Jesus in "some sly way" and "kill Him" off, but "not during the Feast" because "there may be a riot among the people".
 
i wonder if we also metaphorically plot to "get rid of Jesus" in our own lives because His lordship and authority and His rightful claim of ownership over us compete too much with our desire to rule our lives our own way. how do we "get rid of Him"? well, we avoid Him by not coming to Him in prayer, or by not reading His Word and allowing Him to speak to us, or we even directly disobey Him by doing things we know are displeasing to Him.  these sort of actions effectively "kill" Him off. yet we do it "in some sly way", lest there be a "riot" or an "uproar" among the people of God with whom we associate.  we don't want to risk our reputation within the christian community or the disapproval of our christian friends.
 
i suppose we are so horrified by the reflection of ourselves in the "mirror" of God's Word that we seldom really want to look into it.