Luke 11:54
They were hoping to catch him out, trying to get him to say something they could use against 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
Cross References
Psalms 37:32The wicked lie in wait for those who do good, intending to kill them.
Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees left and met together to plot how they could trap him by what he said.
Matthew 22:35One of them, who was a legal expert, asked him a question to try to trap him:
Mark 12:13Later they sent some Pharisees with some of Herod's supporters to Jesus in an attempt to catch him out by what he said.
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 →