Luke 22:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared 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 took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

Matthew 21:38

But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.

Matthew 26:2

Ye know that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.

Mark 14:1

Now after two days was the feast of the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtilty, and kill him:

Luke 20:19

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.

John 11:57

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any man knew where he was, he should shew it, that they might take him.

Acts 4:27

for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,