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

⁶ 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

⁶ And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ 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)

⁶ And he consented, and sought opportunity to deliver him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

Common English Bible

⁶ 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

⁶ 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

⁶ 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.