Luke 20:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

They watched

Feign

They might deliver

Matthew 27:2

John 18:28

General references

Mark 3:2

Bible References

They watched

Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated --

Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. I did not know they were saying, "Let's destroy the tree along with its fruit! Let's remove Jeremiah from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more."

Then some people said, "Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God's word. Come on! Let's bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says."

I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying, "Come on, let's publicly denounce him!" All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say, "Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.

Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words.

Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words.

Feign

So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, "Pretend to be in mourning and put on garments for mourning. Don't anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time.

Jeroboam told his wife, "Disguise yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam's wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there.

Say to God: "How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.

(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)

They might deliver

They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor's residence. (Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor's residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.

General references

They watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they could accuse him.