Luke 11:53
After Jesus finished saying those things, he left there. Then the men who taught the Jewish laws and the Pharisees began to act in a very hostile way toward him. They tried to make him say what he thought about many things.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
54They kept waiting for him to say something wrong for which they could accuse him.
Cross References
Isaiah 9:12The army of Syria came from the east, and the army of Philistia came from the west, and they destroyed Israel like a wild animal tears another animal apart and [MET] devours it. But even after that happened, Yahweh was still very angry with them. He was ready to strike them with his fist again.
Jeremiah 20:10I hear many people whispering about me, saying ‘ He is the man who proclaims that there will be things that cause us to be terrified everywhere. We must tell the authorities what he is saying! We must denounce him!’ Even my best friends are waiting for me to say something that is wrong. They are saying, ‘Perhaps we can cause him to say something wrong, and if he does, we will be able to discredit him.’
Luke 20:27Some Sadducees came to Jesus. They are a Jewish sect who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die.
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 →