Luke 6:11

Luke 6:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
• New International Version (NIV)But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

Context of Luke 6:11

9Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” 10And after looking around at all of them, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and it was restored. But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus. 12In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God. 13When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:

Luke 6:11 word by word

αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐπλήσθησαν ἀνοίας καὶ διελάλουν πρὸς ἀλλήλους τί ἂν ποιήσαιεν τῷ Ἰησοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• ·αὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• were filledπλήθω, πίμπλημιplēthō · to fillG4130
• with rageἄνοιαanoia · follyG454
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• began to discussδιαλαλέωdialaleō · to discussG1255
• withπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• one anotherἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• whatἄνan · ifG302
• they might doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• to JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424

Cross-references for Luke 6:11

• Luke 4:28On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.
• Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
• Acts 5:33When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
• Acts 7:54On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
• Acts 26:11I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
• Matthew 12:14But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
• Matthew 21:45When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.
• John 7:1After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
• John 11:47Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
• Acts 4:15So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.

Commentaries on Luke 6:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11They were filled with madness - Pride, obstinacy, and interest, combined together, are capable of any thing. When men have once framed their conscience according to their passions, madness passes for zeal, the blackest conspiracies for pious designs, and the most horrid attempts for heroic actions. Quesnel.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Were filled with madness - Probably, 1.Because he had shown his “power” to work a miracle. 2.Because he had shown his power to do it “contrary” to what “they” thought was right. 3.Because by doing it he had shown that he was from “God,” and that “they” were therefore “wrong” in their views of the Sabbath. And, 4.Because he had shown no respect “to their views” of what the law of God demanded. Pride, obstinacy, malice, and disappointed self-confidence were…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Christ was neither ashamed nor afraid to own the purposes of his grace. He healed the poor man, though he knew that his enemies would take advantage against him for it. Let us not be drawn either from our duty or from our usefulness by any opposition. We may well be amazed, that the sons of men should be so wicked.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-11The conflicts between Jesus and the religious leaders continued with two disagreements about the Sabbath. The law of Moses required the Jews to rest on the Sabbath (Exodus 20:8–11; Deuteronomy 5:13–14). But the Pharisees had forgotten that the real reason for the Sabbath was to benefit human beings.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. filled with madness--The word denotes senseless rage at the confusion to which our Lord had put them, both by word and deed. what ... do to Jesus--not so much whether to get rid of Him, but how to compass it. (See on Mt 3:6.)Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 6:11

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Persecution
• Tradition

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Abundance
• Gospels
• Hate
• Madness
• Reproach
• Thanks
• Unthankful
• Commune; Communicate; Communication

Commentaries on Luke 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings