Luke 22:2 - English Majority Text Version 2009

And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might kill Him, for they feared the people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to do away with [Jesus], for they feared the people.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.

Common English Bible

The chief priests and the legal experts were looking for a way to kill Jesus, because they were afraid of the people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, were seeking a way to execute Jesus. Yet truly, they were afraid of the people.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put Jesus to death: but they feared the people.

Luke 22:2 Cross References

Matthew 12:14

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him.

Matthew 21:38

"But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and let us gain possession of his inheritance.'

Matthew 26:2

You know that after two days the Passover takes place, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified."

Mark 14:1

Now after two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might get hold of Him by guile, and [how ]they might kill [Him].

Luke 20:19

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they were afraid-for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them.

John 11:57

Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report [it], so that they might seize Him.

Acts 4:27

"For truly they were assembled against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,