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A Calculated Hunt
Commentators emphasize that the religious leaders' opposition was not a simple debate but a malicious trap. Scholars point to the original Greek words, which evoke images of lying in ambush and hunting prey. Their goal was to "catch" or "ensnare" Jesus in his speech to find grounds for a formal accusation, revealing the depth of their rage against him.
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Albert Barnes
On Luke 11:54
18th Century
Theologian
Laying wait for him. Or, rather, laying snares for him. It means that they endeavored to entangle him in his talk; that they did …
AT Robertson
On Luke 11:54
Laying wait for him (ενεδρευοντες αυτον). An old verb from εν and εδρα, a seat, so to lie in ambush for one. Here only and Ac 23:2…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 11:54
19th Century
Bishop
Laying wait for him.—The better manuscripts give the verse in a somewhat simpler form, laying wait to catch something out of …
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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 11:53–54
19th Century
Preacher
And as he said these words to them, the scribes and Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things, lying i…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 11:54
Jesus directed his final woe against the experts in the law for their sin of taking away not just physical but eternal life, a dereliction of their…
John Gill
On Luke 11:54
17th Century
Pastor
Laying wait for him
To ensnare and entangle him, watching his words, observing what he said, and laying hold thereon…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 11:37–54
17th Century
Minister
We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, …