Luke 22:2
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
KJV
καὶ ἐζήτουν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς τὸ πῶς ἀνέλωσιν αὐτόν· ἐφοβοῦντο γὰρ τὸν λαόν.
Greek NT
et quærebant principes sacerdotum, et scribæ, quomodo Jesum interficerent : timebant vero plebem.
Vulgate
And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.
ASV
And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put Jesus to death: but they feared the people.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γραμματεύς
grammateus
noun · 64×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαός
laos
noun · 144×
πῶς
pos
adverb · 104×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
ἀναιρέω
anaireo
verb · 24×
ἀρχιερεύς
archiereus
noun · 121×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 4:21 — So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
- Eph 2:2 — Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
- Hos 6:9 — And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
- John 11:47 — Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
- Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.