Luke 11:54

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].

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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...
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 (perha...
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...
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...
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 s...
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 p...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Christ is entertained by a Pharisee. He denounces Pharisaic formalism and hypocrisy. For the relation of this discourse to Matthew 23:1-36 , see o...
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 thro...
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...
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 fourfo...
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;...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS Dearest Lord Jesus! I would say for myself, and all thy redeemed family, teach us to pray, and with what words to come before the Lord,...
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...
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 s...
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...
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 th...
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 F...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers Reproved. 37 And as...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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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, lay...
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 no...
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 wo...
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 p...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

laying wait for Him, and seeking to catch something out of His mouth, that they might accuse Him. Jesus here revealed to the lawyers the counsel o...
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

⁵⁴ Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Related Commentaries of Luke 11:54

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 11:54