Luke 22:2 - The Scriptures 2009

² And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to kill Him, 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, so as to destroy Him.

Matthew 21:38

“But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and let us possess his inheritance.’

Matthew 26:2

You know that after two days the Pĕsaḥ takes place, and the Son of Aḏam is to be delivered up to be impaled.

Mark 14:1

Now the Pĕsaḥ and the Festival of Matzot was after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to take Him through treachery and put Him to death.

Luke 20:19

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him in the same hour, but they feared the people, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them.

John 11:57

And both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should disclose it, in order for them to seize Him.

Acts 4:27

“For truly, in this city there were gathered together against Your set-apart Servant יהושע, whom You anointed, both Herodes and Pontius Pilate, with the nations and the people of Yisra’ĕl