Luke 22:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐζήτουν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς τὸ πῶς ἀνέλωσιν αὐτόν· ἐφοβοῦντο γὰρ τὸν λαόν.

Transliteration

And ezētoun the archiereis and the grammateis the [way] pōs they might anelōsin him; ephobounto gar the laon.

Grammar Details

• *ezētoun*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - were seeking
• *archiereis*: nominative masculine plural - chief priests
• *grammateis*: nominative masculine plural - scribes
• *pōs*: interrogative adverb - how
• *anelōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd plural - might destroy/kill
• *ephobounto*: imperfect middle/passive indicative, 3rd plural - they were fearing
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *laon*: accusative masculine singular - people

Word Meanings

• *ezētoun*: were seeking/looking for/trying to find
• *anelōsin*: might destroy/kill/do away with
• *ephobounto*: were fearing/were afraid of

Referenced Verses

• John 11:47-53 : 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said,“What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs. 48 If we allow him to go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary and our nation.” 49 Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said,“You know nothing at all! 50 You do not realize that it is more to your advantage to have one man die for the people than for the whole nation to perish.” 51 (Now he did not say this on his own, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation, 52 and not for the Jewish nation only, but to gather together into one the children of God who are scattered.) 53 So from that day they planned together to kill him.
• John 11:57 : 57 (Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)
• Acts 4:27 : 27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
• Ps 2:1-5 : 1 Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail? 2 The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the LORD and his anointed king. 3 They say,“Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! Let’s free ourselves from their ropes!” 4 The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them. 5 Then he angrily speaks to them and terrifies them in his rage, saying,
• Matt 12:14 : 14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.
• Matt 21:38 : 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves,‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’
• Matt 21:45-46 : 45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them. 46 They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.
• Matt 26:3-5 : 3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. 4 They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 5 But they said,“Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”
• Luke 19:47-48 : 47 Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him, 48 but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.
• Luke 20:19 : 19 Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.