Luke 20:20

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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

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

For the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scoffer is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Perhaps he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

And they sent to him certain of the Pharisees, and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

Feign

And Joab sent to Tekoah, and brought thence a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou mayest not be known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and go to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who told me that I should be king over this people.

Say to God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thy enemies submit themselves to thee.

The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves to him: and their time should have endured for ever.

They might deliver

And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment-hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

General references

And they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath; that they might accuse him.