When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, ‘Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a man of his skin disease? Recognise that he is only picking a fight with me.’
Luke 11:54 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised they were lying in wait for him to trap him in something he said. , Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 asked, ‘Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a man of his skin disease? Recognise that he is only picking a fight with me.’
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap him by what he said. ,
Perceiving their malicious intent, Jesus said, ‘Why are you testing me, hypocrites?
Then they sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to Jesus to trap him in his words.
In order to accuse him, they were watching him closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath.
When he left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him fiercely and to cross-examine him about many things;
They watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, so that they could catch him in what he said, to hand him over to the governor’s rule and authority.
They were not able to catch him in what he said in public, and being amazed at his answer, they became silent.
Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than forty of them lying in ambush #– #men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, waiting for your consent.’