Luke 11:54

lying in wait for Him, trying to catch Him in something He might say, so that they might accuse Him.

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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

53Well when He had said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge Him on vehemently and to cross-examine Him about many things,

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Cross References

Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap Him in some word.

Matthew 22:35And one of them, a lawyer, testing Him, questioned and said,

Mark 12:13Then they sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to Him, in order to trap Him with a question.

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 →

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