Luke 22:2
And ye hie priestes and scribes sought howe they myght kyll hym, for they feared the people.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
In Context
1The feast of sweete breade drewe nye, which is called the Passouer.
3Then entred Satan into Iudas, whose sirname was Iscariot, whiche was of the number of the twelue.
Cross References
Matthew 21:38But when the husband men sawe the sonne, they sayde among them selues: this is the heire, come, let vs kyll hym, and let vs enioy his inheritaunce.
Matthew 26:3Then assembled together the chiefe priestes, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, vnto the palace of the hye prieste, which was called Caiaphas:
Luke 20:19And the hye priestes & the scribes, the same houre went about to laye handes on hym: and they feared the people. For they perceaued that he had spoken this similitude agaynst them.
Matthew Henry on Luke 22:2-7
The Treachery of Judas. 1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. 2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. 3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. 4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. 5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. 6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the… Read the whole commentary →