Luke 11:54
Lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,
Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech.
Matthew 22:35And one of them, a doctor of the law, asking him, tempting him:
Mark 12:13And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians; that they should catch him in his words.
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 →