Luke 11:54 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵⁴ lying in wait for him, to catch at something he might say.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁴ laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁴ 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)

⁵⁴ laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.

Common English Bible

⁵⁴ They plotted against him, trying to trap him in his words.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁴ 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

⁵⁴ Lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Luke 11:54 Cross References

2 Kings 5:7

And when the king of Israel read the letter, he rent his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.”

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk.

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?

Matthew 22:35

And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him.

Mark 12:13

And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodi-ans, to entrap him in his talk.

Mark 3:2

And they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

Luke 11:53

As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke him to speak of many things,

Luke 20:20

So they watched him, and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might take hold of what he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

Luke 20:26

And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him by what he said; but marveling at his answer they were silent.

Acts 23:21

But do not yield to them; for more than forty of their men lie in ambush for him, having bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”