Luke 22:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. ”

Luke 22:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 26:1-2 .
Luke 22:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 22:1 f. The Decision of the Chief Priests ( Mark 14:1 f.*, Matthew 26:1-5 *). Luke 22:1 . The feast of unleavened bread (Nisan 15- 21) was really distinct from the Passover (Nisan 14)...
Luke 22:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sought . were seeking. Contemporaneously with the Feast. kill Him . get rid of, or make away with Him. Greek. anaireo. take up and carry off. for, &c. Therefore their aim was to take Him...
Luke 22:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. They feared the people - The great mass of the people seem to have been convinced that Christ was at leas...
Luke 22:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. For the exposition see the notes at Mark 14:1-2 ; Mark 14:10-11 , with the corresponding Remarks at the close of th...
Luke 22:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Treason of Judas. The Last Supper. The Agony in the Garden. Arrest of Jesus. The Jewish Trial 1-6. Conspiracy of the chief priests. Treachery of Judas ( Matthew 26:1-5 ; Matthew 26:14-16 ; Mark...
Luke 22:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXII. (1, 2) Now, the feast of unleavened bread... — See Notes on Matthew 26:1-5 ; Mark 14:1-2 . St. Luke’s way of giving a preliminary explanation of the Jews’ Passover is characteristic of t...
Luke 22:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 24 THE WATCH IN GETHSEMANE. HITHERTO the life of Jesus has been comparatively free from sorrow and from pain. With the exception of the narrow strip of wilderness which fell between the B...
Luke 22:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Selling or Serving the Master Luke 22:1-13 The world seemed in arms against the greatest Lover of souls that had ever trod earth's soil. Satan entered the heart of Judas, for it was his hour,...
Luke 22:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the record of final things before the Cross. The priests and the devil are seen in coalition. As the end approached, the Master is seen with the shadow of the Cross on Him, desiring to...
Luke 22:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. (2) And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people." We are now entering upo...
Luke 22:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

PLANNING THE BETRAYAL ‘The chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill Him … Then entered Satan into Judas … And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.’ Luke 22:2-5 No part...
Luke 22:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 te...
Luke 22:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. Ver. 2. How they might kill him ] Not put him to death as judges, but kill him as cutthroats, ανελωσι...
Luke 22:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh Being to be celebrated within two days after our Lord had delivered the prophecies and admonitions recorded above. Concerning this feast, see on Matthew...
Luke 22:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE TREACHERY OF JUDAS (vs.1-6) As the Passover feast drew near, the chief priests and Pharisees felt hard pressed to find some way of apprehending and killing this "prophet" who was offending t...
Luke 22:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Treachery of Judas. 1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. 2 And the chief priests and...
Luke 22:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Luke 22:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Now the feast of unleavened bread drew near, which is called the Passover, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.' Day by day the...
Luke 22:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 22:1 Feast of unleavened bread .—Which lasted for a week. Called the Passover .—An explanation for Gentile readers. Strictly speaking, it was the 15th Nisan, and not the wh...
Luke 22:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 22:1-2 . Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. Dastardly fe...
Luke 22:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 22:1 . The feast of unleavened bread drew nigh. See Matthew 26:2-3 . Luke 22:3 . Then Satan entered into Judas, by divine permission, his reigning sin of covetousness having proved his d...
Luke 22:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Sought how they might kill Him The conspiracy against Christ This chapter gives us a sad and sorrowful relation of the chief priests’ conspiracy against the life of our blessed Saviour; in whic...
Luke 22:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 23:1-42 THE LAST PASSOVER . Luke 22:1 , Luke 22:2 Short explanatory introduction. Luke 22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew nigh, which is...
Luke 22:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Preparation for, and the Celebration of, the Passover. The Jewish leaders and Judas:
Luke 22:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Luke 22:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 22:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 22:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 22:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 22:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 22:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 22:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 22:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 22:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 22:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 22:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 22:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 22:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 22:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 22:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 22:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 22:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 22:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 22:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 22:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 22:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 22:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 22:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 22:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 22:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 22:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge