Luke 11:54
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Lying in wait for him and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

seeking.

Psalm 37:32,33 The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death, . . .

Psalm 56:5,6 All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil. . . .

Matthew 22:15,18,35 Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech. . . .

Mark 12:13 And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians: that they should catch him in his words.

Context
Woes to Religious Leaders
53And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the lawyers began violently to urge him and to oppress his mouth about many things, 54Lying in wait for him and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:7
And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sent to me to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me.

Mark 3:2
And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days, that they might accuse him.

Mark 12:13
And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians: that they should catch him in his words.

Luke 11:53
And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the lawyers began violently to urge him and to oppress his mouth about many things,

Luke 20:20
And being upon the watch, they sent spies, who should feign themselves just, that they might take hold of him in his words, that they might deliver him up to the authority and power of the governor.

Luke 20:26
And they could not reprehend his word before the people: and wondering at his answer, they held their peace.

Acts 23:21
But do not thou give credit to them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat nor to drink, till they have killed him. And they are now ready, looking for a promise from thee.

Lexicon
waiting
ἐνεδρεύοντες (enedreuontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1748: To lie in wait (ambush) for, seek to entrap (hence: I defraud, deceive). From enedra; to lurk, i.e. plot assassination.

to catch
θηρεῦσαί (thēreusai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 2340: To hunt, seek to catch or entrap; met: I lay hold of. From thera; to hunt, i.e. to carp at.

Him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

in something
τι (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

He might say.
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.


Additional Translations
waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

watching to catch Him in something out of his mouth.

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

laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.

watching him, [and seeking] to catch something out of his mouth, [that they might accuse him].

laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.

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

lying in wait to catch some unguarded expression from His lips.

lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

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