Luke 22:2
New International Version
and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of 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.

English Standard Version
And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared 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.

Berean Literal Bible
And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how the they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.

King James Bible
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared 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 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.

NASB 1995
The chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.

NASB 1977
And 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.

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].

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.

Holman 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.

American Standard Version
And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the Chief Priests and Scribes were seeking how they would kill him, but they were afraid of 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put Jesus to death: but 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The chief priests and the scribes were looking for some way to kill Jesus. However, 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.

International Standard Version
So the high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the crowd.

Literal Standard Version
and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take Him up, for they were afraid of the people.

Majority Standard Bible
and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death; for they feared the people.

New American Bible
and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking a way to put him to death, for they were afraid of the people.

NET Bible
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 Revised Standard Version
The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they were afraid of the people.

New Heart English Bible
The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him, 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.

Weymouth New Testament
and the High Priests and the Scribes were contriving how to destroy Him. But 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.

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.

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Context
The Plot to Kill Jesus
1Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, 2and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death; for they feared the people. 3Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.…

Cross References
Matthew 12:14
But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

Matthew 26:2
"You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified."

Mark 14:1
Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Luke 19:47,48
And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, …

Luke 20:19
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

Psalm 2:1-5
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? …

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Luke 22
1. The leaders conspire against Jesus.
3. Satan prepares Judas to betray him.
7. The apostles prepare the Passover.
19. Jesus institutes his holy supper;
21. covertly foretells of the traitor;
24. rebukes the rest of his apostles from ambition;
31. assures Peter his faith should not fail;
34. and yet he should deny him thrice.
39. He prays in the mount, and sweats blood;
47. is betrayed with a kiss;
50. he heals Malchus' ear;
54. he is thrice denied by Peter;
63. shamefully abused;
66. and confesses himself to be the Son of God.














Verse 2. - And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. The determination, long maturing, had, during the last few days of public teaching, been come to on the part of the Sanhedrin. They had determined to put the dangerous public Teacher to death. The bitter hatred on the part of the Jewish rulers had been gradually growing in intensity during the two years and a half of the public ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. The raising of Lazarus seems to have finally decided the governing body with as little delay as possible to compass the Reformer's death. The temporary withdrawal of the Lord after the great miracle deferred their purpose for a season; after, however, a retirement for a few weeks, Jesus appeared again, shortly before the Passover, and taught publicly in the temple, at a season when Jerusalem was crowded with pilgrims arriving for the great feast. Never had his teaching excited such interest, never had it stirred up such burning opposition as at this juncture. This decided the Jewish rulers to carry out their design on the life of the Galilaean Teacher with as little delay as possible. The only thing that perplexed them was how this could safely be accomplished, owing to the favor in which he was held by the people, especially by the crowds of pilgrims from the provinces then in Jerusalem.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

chief priests
ἀρχιερεῖς (archiereis)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 749: High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

scribes
γραμματεῖς (grammateis)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1122: From gramma. A writer, i.e. scribe or secretary.

were looking
ἐζήτουν (ezētoun)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.

for a way
πῶς (pōs)
Adverb
Strong's 4459: Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much!

to put [Jesus] to death;
ἀνέλωσιν (anelōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 337: From ana and haireomai; to take up, i.e. Adopt; by implication, to take away, i.e. Abolish, murder.

for
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

they feared
ἐφοβοῦντο (ephobounto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 5399: From phobos; to frighten, i.e. to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. Revere.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

people.
λαόν (laon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2992: Apparently a primary word; a people.


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