Luke 11:53

And when he went from there, the Sofrim and the Perushim began to be terribly hostile and to hock (pose questions one right after the other) Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach and to subject him to a wide ranging cross-examination,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

In Context

52Woe to you Ba'alei Torah, because you took the mafteach of da'as; you yourselves did not enter in; and the ones entering in you hindered.

54Plotting to catch him in something from his mouth.

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Cross References

Isaiah 9:12For HaAm turneth not unto Him that struck them, 1 neither do they seek Hashem Tzva'os. 1

Jeremiah 20:10For I heard the slander of many, 1 Magor (terror) on every side. 1 Report, say they, letʼs report him. 1 Kol enosh shelomi watched for my stumbling, saying: 1 Perhaps he will be enticed, 1 and we shall prevail against him, 1 and we shall take our revenge on him. 1

Luke 20:27And some of the Tzedukim — the Tzedukim are the ones speaking against the Techiyas HaMesim, who say there is none — approached Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. They set a she'elah (question) before him,

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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