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Luke 22:2

And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Persecution;   Priest;   The Topic Concordance - Judas Iscariot;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caiaphas;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judas;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Death of Christ;   Kill, Killing;   Offerings and Sacrifices;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus;   Trial of Jesus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Arrest ;   Betrayal;   Fear ;   Influence;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Passover;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Haggadah (Shel Pesaḥ);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the people.
King James Version (1611)
And the chiefe Priests and Scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
King James Version
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
English Standard Version
And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.
New American Standard Bible
And the chief priests and the scribes were trying to find a way to put Him to death, since they were afraid of the people.
New Century Version
The leading priests and teachers of the law were trying to find a way to kill Jesus, because they were afraid of the people.
Amplified Bible
The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people [who listened devotedly to His teaching, and who respected His spiritual wisdom].
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.
Berean Standard Bible
and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death; for they feared the people.
Contemporary English Version
The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were looking for a way to get rid of Jesus, because they were afraid of what the people might do.
Complete Jewish Bible
and the head cohanim and the Torah-teachers began trying to find some way to get rid of Yeshua, because they were afraid of the people.
Darby Translation
and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
Easy-to-Read Version
The leading priests and teachers of the law wanted to kill Jesus. But they were trying to find a quiet way to do it, because they were afraid of what the people would do.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the hie Priests and Scribes sought how they might kill him: for they feared the people.
George Lamsa Translation
And the high priests and the scribes sought how to kill him; but they were afraid of the people.
Good News Translation
The chief priests and the teachers of the Law were afraid of the people, and so they were trying to find a way of putting Jesus to death secretly.
Lexham English Bible
And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they could destroy him, because they were afraid of the people.
Literal Translation
And the chief priests and the scribes sought how to destroy Him; for they feared the people.
American Standard Version
And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.
Hebrew Names Version
The chief Kohanim and the Sofrim sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.
International Standard Version
So the high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, for they were afraid of the crowd.Psalm 2:2; John 11:47; Acts 4:27;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And the chief priests and the Sophree sought how they might kill him; for they feared from the people.
Murdock Translation
And the chief priests and Scribes sought how they might kill him, for they were afraid of the people.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And ye hie priestes and scribes sought howe they myght kyll hym, for they feared the people.
English Revised Version
And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.
World English Bible
The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; but they feared the people.
Weymouth's New Testament
and the High Priests and the Scribes were contriving how to destroy Him. But they feared the people.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the princis of preestis and the scribis souyten, hou thei schulden sle Jhesu, but thei dredden the puple.
Update Bible Version
And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him: for they feared the people.
New English Translation
The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.
New King James Version
And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people.
New Living Translation
The leading priests and teachers of religious law were plotting how to kill Jesus, but they were afraid of the people's reaction.
New Life Bible
The religious leaders and the teachers of the Law looked for a way to kill Jesus. But they were afraid of the people.
New Revised Standard
The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they were afraid of the people.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the High-priests and the Scribes were seeking, how they might get rid of him; for they feared the people.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put Jesus to death: but they feared the people.
Revised Standard Version
And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death; for they feared the people.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and the hye prestes and Scribes sought how to kyll him but they feared the people.
Young's Literal Translation
and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye hye presstes and Scrybes sought how they might put him to death, and were afrayed of the people.
Mace New Testament (1729)
being nigh, the chief priests consulted with the Scribes, how they might put Jesus to death; for they were afraid of the people.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The head preachers and keepers of the code of Moses were trying to figure out a way to kill Jesus. They went over many scenarios, but they were afraid that all their options would cause a riot.

Contextual Overview

1 Now the feast of unleavened bread was near, which is called the Passover. 2 And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people. 3 And Satan came into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve. 4 And he went away and had a discussion with the chief priests and the rulers, about how he might give him up to them. 5 And they were glad, and undertook to give him money. 6 And he made an agreement with them to give him up to them, if he got a chance, when the people were not present.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 19:47, Luke 19:48, Luke 20:19, Psalms 2:1-5, Matthew 21:38, Matthew 21:45, Matthew 21:46, Matthew 26:3-5, John 11:47-53, John 11:57, Acts 4:27

Reciprocal: Psalms 25:19 - Consider Daniel 6:4 - sought Hosea 5:2 - profound Hosea 6:9 - so Micah 2:1 - to Matthew 21:15 - when Matthew 21:26 - we fear Matthew 26:2 - know Matthew 27:3 - Judas Mark 3:6 - Pharisees Mark 11:32 - they Mark 14:1 - two Luke 20:14 - let John 13:1 - the feast Acts 4:21 - how Acts 5:26 - they Ephesians 2:2 - the spirit

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.
Genesis 21:12
But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.
Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place of which God had given him knowledge; and there Abraham made the altar and put the wood in place on it, and having made tight the bands round Isaac his son, he put him on the wood on the altar.
Genesis 22:10
And stretching out his hand, Abraham took the knife to put his son to death.
Genesis 22:12
And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.
Genesis 22:16
Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,
Judges 11:31
Then whoever comes out from the door of my house, meeting me when I come back in peace from the children of Ammon, will be the Lord's and I will give him as a burned offering.
Judges 11:39
And at the end of two months she went back to her father, who did with her as he had said in his oath: and she had never been touched by a man. So it became a rule in Israel,
2 Kings 3:27
Then he took his oldest son, who would have been king after him, offering him as a burned offering on the wall. So there was great wrath against Israel; and they went away from him, back to their country.
2 Chronicles 3:1
Then Solomon made a start at building the house of the Lord on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Lord had been seen by his father David, in the place which David had made ready in the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the chief priests and Scribes,.... Matthew adds, "and the elders of the people"; which made up the great sanhedrim and council of the nation; these met together, not in their usual place the temple, but at the palace of Caiaphas, the high priest; see Matthew 24:3.

And sought how they might kill him; that is, "Jesus", as the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read; they had determined before, upon the advice of Caiaphas, to put him to death, and very likely had fixed what kind of death he should die; see John 11:49 and now they consult together, of the manner of bringing it about, and at what time; and the majority were not for doing it on a feast day, when there was a great concourse of people, but with more privacy:

for they feared the people: which were now in great multitudes with him, who came along with him, from Galilee, and other parts; and had hosanna'd him into the city, and still abode with him, and their numbers were increasing; and the sanhedrim were aware, that at the passover there would be still a greater company of people from all parts of the land; and they might conclude, that he would have a large number of his friends come out of Galilee, where he had been for the most part teaching, and working miracles; and they were afraid, should they lay hold on him publicly, the people would rise and stone them; at least would rescue him out of their hands, and disappoint them of their designs.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 26:1-2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 22:2. They feared the people. — The great mass of the people seem to have been convinced that Christ was at least a prophet sent from God; and it is likely they kept steady in their attachment to him. The multitude, who are represented as clamouring for his blood at the crucifixion, appear to have been a mere mob, formed out of the creatures of the chief priests and Pharisees.


 
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