Luke 11:54
waiting to ambush him, seeking to catch something out of his mouth so that they might accuse him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 37:32A wicked man watches a righteous man, and seeks to kill him.
Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees having departed, they took counsel how they might trap him in his talk.
Matthew 22:35And one of them, a lawyer, questioned, trying him, and saying,
Mark 12:13And they send some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, so that they might catch him in talk.
Matthew Henry on Luke 11:38-54
Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers Reproved. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? 41… Read the whole commentary →