Luke 11:54
And watching him, for a chance to get something from his words which might be used against him.
Bible in Basic English
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 37:32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.
Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.
Matthew 22:35And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,
Mark 12:13Then they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians, so that they might make use of his words to take him by a trick.
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 →