Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 11:54

"laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth." — Luke 11:54 (ASV)

Laying wait for him.—The better manuscripts give the verse in a somewhat simpler form, laying wait to catch something out of His mouth. The words throw light on the subsequent question about paying tribute to Caesar (Matthew 22:15–22; Mark 12:13–17), and show it to have been the acting out of a pre-concerted policy.