Luke 22:4
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.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.
- KJV
- And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
- WEB
- He went away and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them.
- ASV
- And he went away, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might deliver him unto them.
- DARBY
- And he went away and spoke with the chief priests and captains as to how he should deliver him up to them.
- BLB
- And having gone away, he discussed with the chief priests and captains how he might betray Him to them.
- ÅB
- og han gikk bort og talte med yppersteprestene og høvedsmennene om hvordan han skulle forråde ham til dem.
- OTB
- Judas gikk og konfererte med overprestene og tempelvaktene om hvordan han kunne forråde Jesus til dem.
- B1930
- og han gikk bort og talte med yppersteprestene og høvedsmennene om hvorledes han skulde forråde ham til dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 5:24
When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
Read in contextActs 4:1
While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
Read in contextActs 5:26
At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
Read in contextMatthew 26:14
Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
Read in contextMark 14:10–11
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.
Read in contextLuke 22:52
Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?
Read in context