Luke 22:4
2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
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
Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
Read in contextActs 4:1
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
Read in contextActs 5:26
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
Read in contextMatthew 26:14
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
Read in contextMark 14:10–11
And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.
Read in contextLuke 22:52
Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
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