Luke 22:2
The chief priest and the teachers of the Law were looking for an opportunity of destroying Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.
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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 the unleavened bread, known as the Passover, was near.
3Now Satan took possession of Judas, who was known as Iscariot, and who belonged to the Twelve;
Cross References
Psalms 2:1Why this turmoil of nations, this futile plotting of peoples,
Matthew 21:38But the tenants, on seeing his son, said to each other ‘Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.’
Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met in the house of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
Luke 20:19After this the teachers of the Law and the chief priest were eager to lay hands on Jesus then and there, but they were afraid of the people; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed this parable.
John 11:57The chief priests and the Pharisees had already issued orders that, if anyone learned where Jesus was, he should give information, so that they might arrest him.
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 →