Luke 11:54 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him. 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. |
It happened, when the king of Yisra'el had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man does send to me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.
Then the Perushim went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
But Yeshua perceived their wickedness, and said, *Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
They sent some of the Perushim and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.
They watched him, whether he would heal him on the day of Shabbat, that they might accuse him.
As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Perushim began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;
They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.
Therefore don't yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.*