KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Luke 11:53–54
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Luke 11:53
53And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
53And as he said these things vnto them, the Scribes and the Pharisees began to vrge him vehemently, and to prouoke him to speake of many things:
Luke 11:54
54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
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DEFINED WORDS
Luke 11:53
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Writers or clerks; among the Jews, persons learned in and teaching the law.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · KJV usage
Members of a Jewish sect known for strict observance of its religious traditions.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · KJV usage
To have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
To press aggressively and persistently with questions so as to provoke an answer.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
vehemently
Urgently; forcibly; with great zeal or pathos; with great force and violence.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To stir up or incite, whether to anger or to action.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A great number; numerous persons or things.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
Luke 11:54
Putting, placing, setting down, applying, assigning, or imputing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To remain in expectation or readiness; to attend or serve; as a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
To fasten upon words or speech in order to ensnare or accuse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
An unspecified or undetermined thing, matter, act, or amount.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To charge with a fault or offence; to allege guilt or blame against.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 53
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Open the full verse study5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
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Open the full verse study12The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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Open the full verse study18¶ Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
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Open the full verse study10¶ For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
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Open the full verse study20And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
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Open the full verse study27¶ Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
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Open the full verse study12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
From verse 54
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Open the full verse study13¶ And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
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Open the full verse study15¶ Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
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Open the full verse study35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
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Open the full verse study20And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
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Open the full verse study18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
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Open the full verse study32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
33The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
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Open the full verse study5Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
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Open the full verse study2And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
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