Luke 11:54
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catche some thing of his mouth, whereby they might accuse him.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
Cross References
Psalms 37:32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Matthew 22:15Then went the Pharises and tooke counsell how they might tangle him in talke.
Matthew 22:35And one of them, which was an expounder of the Lawe, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
Mark 12:13And they sent vnto him certaine of the Pharises, and of ye Herodians that they might take him in his talke.
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 →