English Standard Version
Luke 11:54
54lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
Luke 11:54 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
- New International Version (NIV)waiting to catch him in something he might say.
- New King James Version (NKJV)lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, that they might accuse Him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him.
Context of Luke 11:54
52Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering." 53As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things, lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
Read all of Luke 11Luke 11:54 word by word
ἐνεδρεύοντες αὐτὸν θηρεῦσαί τι ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Laying waitἐνεδρεύωenedreuō · to ambushG1748
- for himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- seekingζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
- to catchθηρεύωthēreuō · to hunt/catchG2340
- somethingτιςtis · oneG5100
- outἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- ofὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- ofστόμαstoma · mouthG4750
- thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- they might accuseκατηγορέωkatēgoreō · to accuseG2723
Cross-references for Luke 11:54
- Psalms 37:32The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.
- Psalms 56:5All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
- Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.
- Mark 12:13And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.
Commentaries on Luke 11:54
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 54Laying wait for him - Or, rather, laying “snares” for him It means that they endeavored to entangle him in his talk; that they did as men do who catch birds - who lay snares, and deceive them, and take them unawares. That they might accuse him - Before the Sanhedrin, or great council of the nation, and thus secure his being put to death. From this we may learn: 1. That faithful reproofs must be expected to excite opposition and hatred. Though the…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
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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
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