Luke 22:2 - Easy To Read Version

² The leading priests and teachers of the law were trying to find a quiet way to kill Jesus. They were afraid of what the people would do to them.

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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 {\cf2\super [163]} left and made plans to kill Jesus.

Matthew 21:38

“But when the farmers saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the owner’s son. This vineyard will be his. If we kill him, then it will be ours!’

Matthew 26:2

“You know that the day after tomorrow is Passover. {\cf2\super [391]} On that day the Son of Man {\cf2\super [392]} will be given \{to his enemies\} to be killed on a cross.”

Mark 14:1

It was now only two days before the Passover {\cf2\super [190]} and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. {\cf2\super [191]} The leading priests and teachers of the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus without the people seeing it. Then they could kill him.

Luke 20:19

The teachers of the law and the leading priests heard this story that Jesus told. They knew this story was about them. So they wanted to arrest Jesus at that time. But they were afraid of what the people would do.

John 11:57

But the leading priests and the Pharisees {\cf2\super [188]} had given a special order about Jesus. They said that if any person knew where Jesus was, the person must tell them. Then the leading priests and the Pharisees could arrest Jesus.

Acts 4:27

These things really happened when Herod, {\cf2\super [76]} Pontius Pilate, the nations, and the Jewish people all ‘came together’ against Jesus here in Jerusalem. Jesus is your holy Servant. He is the One you (God) made to be the Christ. {\cf2\super [77]}