Luke 11:54
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
KJV
ἐνεδρεύοντες, θηρεῦσαί τι ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ.
Greek NT
insidiantes ei, et quærentes aliquid capere de ore ejus, ut accusarent eum.
Vulgate
laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
ASV
Lying in wait for him and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
θηρεύω
thereuo
verb · 1×
στόμα
stoma
noun · 78×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐνεδρεύω
enedreuo
verb · 2×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: αὐτὸν | WH/NIV: αὐτὸν | Treg/RP: + ζητοῦντες
- αὐτὸν — SBLGNT
- αὐτὸν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ζητοῦντες — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ | WH/NIV: αὐτοῦ | Treg/RP: + ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ
- αὐτοῦ — SBLGNT
- αὐτοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§579This principle of integral observance of the Law not only in letter but in spirit was dear to the Pharisees. By giving Israel this principle they had led many Jews of Jesus' time to an extreme religious zeal.334 This zeal, were it not to lapse into "hypocritical" casuistry,335 could only prepare the People for the unprecedented intervention of God through the perfect fulfilment…
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 5:7 — And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his lepro
- Luke 20:20 — And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
- Luke 20:20 — And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
- Mark 3:2 — And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
- Mark 12:13 — And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
- Mark 12:13 — And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
- Matt 12:10 — And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
- Matt 22:15 — Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
- Matt 22:18 — But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
- Matt 22:35 — Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
- Ps 37:32 — The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
- Ps 56:5 — Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
- Ps 56:5 — Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.