Luke 22:2 - New International Version (Anglicised) and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to do away with [Jesus], for they feared the people. American Standard Version (1901) And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people. Common English Bible 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 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 And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put Jesus to death: but they feared the people. |
‘But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, “This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.”
‘As you know, the Passover is two days away – and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.’
Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.
The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.
But the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where Jesus was should report it so that they might arrest him.
Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.