When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to give death or life, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his skin disease? Just look and see how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me.”
Luke 11:54 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth. Common English Bible They plotted against him, trying to trap him in his words. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 Lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him. |
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to give death or life, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his skin disease? Just look and see how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me.”
But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites?
and one of them, an expert in the law, asked him a question to test him.
Then they sent to him some Pharisees and some Herodians to trap him in what he said.
They were watching him to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.
When he went outside, the scribes and the Pharisees became hostile to him and began to interrogate him about many things,
So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said and then to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.
And they were not able in the presence of the people to trap him by what he said, and being amazed by his answer they became silent.
But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they kill him. They are ready now and are waiting for your consent.”