Luke 11:53

Luke 11:53 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
• New International Version (NIV)When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions,
• English Standard Version (ESV)As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things,

Context of Luke 11:53

51Abel was the first to die like this and Zechariah was the last. They even killed Zechariah in the yard of the temple, near the altar. Yes, God will punish the people who are alive today for all those murders. 52It will be very bad for you teachers of God's Law! You have studied God's message. But you do not then accept it. You have also stopped people who really wanted to know God's message. Then they could not go on to accept it and go into God's kingdom.’ Then Jesus left that place. The Pharisees and the teachers of God's Law were angry against Jesus. They were asking him many difficult questions. 54They wanted to make him say something wrong. Then they could take hold of him.

Luke 11:53 word by word

Κἀκεῖθεν ἐξελθόντος αὐτοῦ ἤρξαντο οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι δεινῶς ἐνέχειν καὶ ἀποστοματίζειν αὐτὸν περὶ πλειόνωνRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• asλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• the scribesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the scribesγραμματεύςgrammateus · scribeG1122
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• beganἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
• to urgeἐνέχωenechō · to opposeG1758
• vehementlyδεινῶςdeinōs · terriblyG1171
• to provokeἀποστοματίζωapostomatizō · to interrogateG653
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• many thingsπλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn pleion pleon · greaterG4119

Cross-references for Luke 11:53

• Psalms 22:12There is danger all round me, like the strong bulls of Bashan. I cannot move because my enemies are very near, all around me.
• Isaiah 9:12Syria's army came from the east. The Philistines' army came from the west. They destroyed Israel's land, like a hungry animal. But the Lord is still angry. His hand is ready to hit them again.
• Luke 20:20So this is what they did to catch Jesus. They sent people to ask him difficult questions. These people pretended to be honest, but they wanted to deceive Jesus. They wanted to make him say something wrong. Then they would take him to the ruler of the city to punish him.
• Jeremiah 18:18Then some people said, ‘We must find a way to stop Jeremiah. We do not need him. The priests will still be here to teach us. Wise men will still be here to give us advice. The prophets will still be here to give us God's messages. We should speak bad things against Jeremiah. Then we will not have to listen to him any more.’
• Jeremiah 20:10I hear what people are saying against me. They say, ‘Terror is all around him! We should tell the officers what he is saying.’ All my friends want me to make a mistake so that they can accuse me. They say, ‘Perhaps we can cause him to say something wrong. Then we will have power over him. We will pay him back for the trouble he has given us.’
• 1 Corinthians 13:5If I love people, I will be polite. I will not just want to please myself. I will not quickly become angry. If someone does a wrong thing against me, I will not keep it in my thoughts.

Commentaries on Luke 11:53

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 53Began to urge him vehemently - , They began to be furious. They found themselves completely unmasked in the presence of a vast concourse of people. See Luke 12:1, (for we can not suppose that all this conversation passed while Christ was at meat in the Pharisee's house, as Matthew, Matthew 23:25, shows that these words were spoken on another occasion). They therefore questioned him on a variety of points, and hoped, by the multitude and impertinence of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 53To urge him vehemently - To press upon him “violently.” They were enraged against him. They therefore pressed upon him; asked him many questions; sought to entrap him, that they might accuse him. Provoke him … - This means that they put many questions to him about various matters, without giving him proper time to answer. They proposed questions as fast as possible, and about as many things as possible, that they might get him, in the hurry, to say…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 37-54Verses 37-54 We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, we must not neglect the smallest matter God has appointed. When any wait to catch something out of our mouths, that they may insnare us, O Lord, give us thy prudence and thy patience, and disappoint their evil purposes. Furnish us with such meekness and patience that we may glory in reproaches, for…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 53-5453-54. Exceedingly vivid and affecting. They were stung to the quick--and can we wonder?--yet had not materials for the charge they were preparing against Him. provoke him, &c.--"to harass Him with questions."Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 11:53

• Jesus, the Christ
• Malice
• Persecution
• Pharisees
• Reproof
• Satire
• Self-Righteousness

In the dictionaries

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• Sign
• Teach
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Commentaries on Luke 11

• 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