Luke 22:2

World English Bible (2000)

The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared 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 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs. 48 If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation." 49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all, 50 nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish." 51 Now he didn't say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
• John 11:57 : 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.
• Acts 4:27 : 27 "For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
• Ps 2:1-5 : 1 Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying, 3 "Let's break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us." 4 He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision. 5 Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
• Matt 12:14 : 14 But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.
• Matt 21:38 : 38 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'
• Matt 21:45-46 : 45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them. 46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
• Matt 26:3-5 : 3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him. 5 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."
• Luke 19:47-48 : 47 He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him. 48 They couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.
• Luke 20:19 : 19 The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.