Luke 11:54 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. ”

Luke 11:54 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Laying wait for him - Or, rather, laying “snares” for him It means that they endeavored to entangle him in his talk; that they did as men do who catch birds - who lay snares, and deceive them, an...
Luke 11:54 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Condemnation of Pharisees and Scribes. Cf. (though the arrangement is different) Matthew 23*, where the Jerusalem setting is more suitable (perhaps Lk. wishes to make the Jerusalem discourses end...
Luke 11:54 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Laying wait for . watching. Only here and Acts 23:21 . catch . Both are hunting expressions. out of . Greek ek. App-104. Not the same word as in Luke 11:24 . that , &c.. [Tr.] WH. omit...
Luke 11:54 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].
Luke 11:54 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Began to urge him vehemently, &c.— Δεινως ενεχειν, which properly signifies to fasten fiercely upon him. Several more of the words here used are metaphors taken from hunting: the word αποστομ...
Luke 11:54 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse...
Luke 11:54 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Lord's Prayer. The Sign of Jonah 1-4. The Lord's Prayer ( Matthew 6:9-15 ). See on Mt. If the Lord's Prayer was given only once, St. Luke is probably right as to the occasion. His version, how...
Luke 11:54 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Laying wait for him. — The better MSS. give the verse in a somewhat simpler form, laying wait to catch something out of His mouth. The words throw light on the subsequent question about paying tr...
Luke 11:54 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Searching Words for Hypocrites Luke 11:45-54 The minute oral and written rules promulgated by the Hebrew religious leaders overlaid and almost buried under their weight the simple Mosaic code....
Luke 11:54 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Watching the Master at prayer, His disciples were inspired with a desire to pray, and requested that they be taught. He responded to them in a fourfold statement. First, He gave them a model. Then He...
Luke 11:54 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(53) And, as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things; (54) Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch som...
Luke 11:54 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE NEW LIBERTY ‘Seeking to catch something out of His mouth, that they might accuse Him.’ Luke 11:54 No intelligent observer could fail to notice the opposition towards Jesus Christ in cert...
Luke 11:54 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Laying wait for him ,.... To ensnare and entangle him, watching his words, observing what he said, and laying hold thereon: and seeking to catch something out of his mouth ; like beasts of prey, o...
Luke 11:54 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. Ver. 54. Seeking to catch something ] But there was no guile or gall found in his mouth, saith St...
Luke 11:54 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As he said these things, the scribes and Pharisees began to urge him The freedom which Jesus now took with the Pharisee and his guests, provoked them exceedingly, for they were guilty of the crimes...
Luke 11:54 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Valuable Instruction as to Prayer (vs.1-13) As this chapter opens the Lord Jesus was exemplifying the character of dependent communion with His Father (that character that He commended in Mary)....
Luke 11:54 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers Reproved. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine...
Luke 11:54 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Luke 11:54 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And when he was come out from there, the Scribes and the Pharisees began to press on him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things, laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mo...
Luke 11:54 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 11:37 . Besought .—Simply, “asked” (R.V.). To dine .—Rather, “that He would breakfast with him.” The word used means a noon-day meal = our late breakfast or luncheon. Lu...
Luke 11:54 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 11:14-15 . And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake and the people wondered. But some of them said, He casteth out devi...
Luke 11:54 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 11:1 . Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. The disciples of John were eminent for fasting and prayer; and though the prayers of the jews were good, yet they were not ex...
Luke 11:54 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 11:1-42 The Lord ' s teaching on the subject of prayer. Again the scene is far away from Jerusalem; no special note of time or place enables us to fix the scene...
Luke 11:54 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The last woe and its effect:
Luke 11:54 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 12:13 ; Matthew 22:15 ; Matthew 22:18 ; Matthew 22:35 ; Psalms 37:32 ; Psalms 37:33 ; Psalms 56:5 ; Psalms 56:6

Luke 11:54 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 11:54 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 11:54 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 11:54 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 11:54 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 11:54 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 11:54 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 11:54 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 11:54 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 11:54 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 11:54 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 11:54 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 11:54 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 11:54 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 11:54 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 11:54 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 11:54 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 11:54 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 11:54 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 11:54 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 11:54 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 11:54 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 11:54 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 11:54 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 11:54 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge