Luke 22:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

So Judas consented [to their offer] and looked for a [good] opportunity to turn Jesus over to them [i.e., the Jewish leaders] when the crowd was not present.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So he agreed [to this], and sought an opportunity to betray Him to them [without an uprising] in the absence of the throng.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he consented, and sought opportunity to deliver him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

Common English Bible

He agreed and began looking for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them—a time when the crowds would be absent.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he made a promise. And he was seeking an opportunity to hand him over, apart from the crowds.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he promised. And he sought opportunity to betray him in the absence of the multitude.

Luke 22:6 Cross References

Matthew 26:5

But they reasoned, “We will not do it during the Festival because it might start a riot among the people.”

Mark 14:2

But they reasoned, “We will not [take him] during the Festival, because it might start a riot among the people.”

Luke 22:5

And they were very pleased, so agreed to give him money.

Luke 22:7

Then the day came for the Festival of Unleavened Bread [to be held], on which the Passover [lamb] was to be sacrificed.