Luke 11:54

James Moffatt - New Testament

lying in ambush to catch a word from his lips.

Cross References

Mark 12:13

But they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to him for the purpose of catching him with a question.

Matthew 22:35

and one of them, a jurist, put a question in order to tempt him.

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and plotted to trap him in talk.

Luke 20:20

So watching their chance they sent spies who pretended to be honest persons, in order to seize on what he said and get him handed over to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

Mark 3:2

and they watched to see if he would heal him on the sabbath, so as to get a charge against him.

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus detected their malice. He said, "Why do you tempt me, you hypocrites?

Luke 11:53

After he had gone away, the scribes and Pharisees commenced to follow him up closely and cross-question him on many points,

Luke 20:26

So they could not seize on what he said before the people, and marvelling at his reply they said nothing.

Acts 23:21

Now do not let them persuade you. More than forty of them are lying in ambush for him, and they have taken a solemn oath neither to eat nor to drink till they have murdered him. They are all ready at this moment, awaiting your consent."