Luke 22:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death,  because they were afraid of the people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to do away with [Jesus], for they feared the people.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.

Common English Bible

² 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

² 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

² 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 kill him.

Matthew 21:38

‘But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to each other, “This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.”

Matthew 26:2

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

Mark 14:1

It  was two days before the Passover  and the Festival  of Unleavened Bread.  The chief priests and the scribes  were looking for a cunning  way to arrest Jesus and kill him.

Luke 20:19

Then the scribes and the chief priests  looked for a way to get their hands on him  that very hour, because they knew he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

John 11:57

The chief priests  and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it so that they could arrest him.

Acts 4:27

‘For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,