Luke 11:53-54

11:53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law ¹  and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, ²  and to ask him hostile questions ³  about many things, 11:54 plotting against ⁴  him, to catch ⁵  him in something he might say.

Luke 20:20

Paying Taxes to Caesar

20:20 Then ⁶  they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. ⁷  They wanted to take advantage of what he might say ⁸  so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction ⁹  of the governor.

[11:53]  ¹ tn Or “the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[11:53]  ² tn Or “terribly.”

[11:53]  ³ tn For this term see L&N 33.183.

[11:54]  ⁴ tn Grk “lying in ambush against,” but this is a figurative extension of that meaning.

[11:54]  ⁵ tn This term was often used in a hunting context (BDAG 455 s.v. θηρεύω; L&N 27.30). Later examples of this appear in Luke 20.

[20:20]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[20:20]  ⁷ tn Grk “righteous,” but in this context the point is their false sincerity.

[20:20]  ⁸ tn Grk “so that they might catch him in some word.”

[20:20]  ⁹ tn This word is often translated “authority” in other contexts, but here, in combination with ἀρχή (arch), it refers to the domain or sphere of the governor’s rule (L&N 37.36).