^11:53When he went out from there, the experts in the law¹⁶⁵ and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly,¹⁶⁶ and to ask him hostile questions¹⁶⁷ about many things, ^11:54plotting against¹⁶⁸ him, to catch¹⁶⁹ him in something he might say.

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Footnotes

165 Or “the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in .
166 Or “terribly.”
167 For this term see L&N 33.183.
168 Grk “lying in ambush against,” but this is a figurative extension of that meaning.
169 This term was often used in a hunting context ( θηρεύω; L&N 27.30). Later examples of this appear in Luke 20.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things, lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions, waiting to catch him in something he might say.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When he left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him fiercely and to cross-examine him about many things; they were lying in wait for him to trap him in something he said.

NLTNew Living Translation

As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions. They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And when he departed from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly hostile, and to question him closely about many things, plotting to catch him with reference to something he might say.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

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