Bible verse

Luke 22:2

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

Luke 22:2 · BSB

Luke 22:2 in context

The verses around it, from Luke 22.

1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,

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

3 Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.

4 And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.

5 They were delighted and agreed to give him money.

6 Judas consented, and began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus to them in the absence of a crowd.

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Luke 22:2 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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