Luke 11:54 - The Scriptures 1998 watching Him, and seeking to catch Him in whatever He says, so as to accuse Him. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Secretly watching and plotting and lying in wait for Him, to seize upon something He might say [that they might accuse Him]. American Standard Version (1901) laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth. Common English Bible They plotted against him, trying to trap him in his words. Catholic Public Domain Version And waiting to ambush him, they sought something from his mouth that they might seize upon, in order to accuse him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him. |
But knowing their wickedness, יהושע said, “Why do you try Me, you hypocrites?
and one of them, one learned in the Torah, did question, trying Him, and saying,
And they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in a word.
And they were watching Him, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so as to accuse Him.
And as He was saying this to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely, and to draw Him out on many subjects,
And keeping a close watch on Him, they sent spies who pretended to be righteous, to catch Him in a word, in order to deliver Him to the rule and to the authority of the governor.
And they were unable to catch Him in a saying in the presence of the people, and marvelling at His answer, they were silent.
“Therefore, do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”