Luke 11:54

lying in wait to catch something out of his mouth.

Noyes Bible

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

53And as he came out thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very spiteful, and to press him to speak off hand about many things,

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Cross References

Psalms 37:32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him;

Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went and consulted together how l they might ensnare him in speech.

Matthew 22:35and one of them, a lawyer, asked, trying him,

Mark 12:13And they send to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to ensnare him in speech.

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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