Luke 11:53
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New International Version (©1984)
When Jesus left there, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions,

New Living Translation (©2007)
As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions.

English Standard Version (©2001)
As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to question Him closely on many subjects,

International Standard Version (©2008)
As Jesus was leaving, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him fiercely, interrogating him about many things.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When Jesus left, the scribes and the Pharisees held a terrible grudge against him. They questioned him about many things

King James Bible
And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

American King James Version
And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

American Standard Version
And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;

Bible in Basic English
And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the lawyers began violently to urge him, and to oppress his mouth about many things,

Darby Bible Translation
And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him urgently, and to make him speak of many things;

English Revised Version
And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;

Webster's Bible Translation
And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to solicit him to speak of many things;

Weymouth New Testament
After He had left the house, the Scribes and Pharisees commenced a vehement attempt to entangle Him and make Him give off-hand answers on numerous points,

World English Bible
As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;

Young's Literal Translation
And in his speaking these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press him to speak about many things,

Geneva Study Bible

{17} And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to {o} provoke him to speak of many things:

(17) The more the world is reprehended, the worse it is, and yet we must not betray the truth.

(o) They proposed many questions to him, to draw something out of his mouth which they might traitorously find fault with.

People's New Testament

11:53,54 The scribes and the Pharisees. For the manner in which they tried to entrap Jesus, see Mt 22:15-46 Joh 8:1-59 9:1-41.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

53, 54. Exceedingly vivid and affecting. They were stung to the quick-and can we wonder?-yet had not materials for the charge they were preparing against Him.

provoke him, &c.-"to harass Him with questions."

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

11:37-54 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, we must not neglect the smallest matter God has appointed. When any wait to catch something out of our mouths, that they may insnare us, O Lord, give us thy prudence and thy patience, and disappoint their evil purposes. Furnish us with such meekness and patience that we may glory in reproaches, for Christ's sake, and that thy Holy Spirit may rest upon us.


Luke 11:52 "Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering."
Luke 11:54 plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say. (NASB ©1995)

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And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

to urge. Ps 22:12,13 Isa 9:12

to speak. 20:20,27 Jer 18:18 20:10 1Co 13:5

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