Luke 11:54

seeking to lay hold on something from his mouth that they might be able to accuse him.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 while he spoke these (words) to them, the Sophree and Pharishee began to be displeased, and they were wrathful, and controverted his words, and enticed him on many (points),

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Cross References

Matthew 22:15THEN went the Pharishee and took counsel how they might ensnare him in discourse.

Matthew 22:35And one from them, who was skilful in the law, questioned him, tempting him,

Mark 12:13And they sent to him men from the Sophree and from the house of Herodes, that they should ensnare him in discourse.

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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