Luke 20:20-22 Part 1 of 2

Watching for their opportunity, the leaders sent spies pretending to be honest men. They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus. "Teacher," they said, "we know that you speak and teach what is right and are not influenced by what others think. You teach the way of God truthfully. Now tell us--is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

Watching for their opportunity, the leaders sent spies pretending to be honest men.

Matthew 22:16a  They [the Pharisees] sent some of their disciples, along with the supporters of Herod, to meet with him.

Mark 3:2  Since it was a Sabbath, Jesus' enemies watched him closely. If he healed the man's hand, they planned to accuse him of working on the Sabbath.

Luke 14:1  One Sabbath day Jesus went to eat dinner in the home of a leader of the Pharisees, and the people were watching him closely.

1 Kings 14:5-6  But the LORD had told Ahijah, "Jeroboam's wife will come here, pretending to be someone else. She will ask you about her son, for he is very sick. Give her the answer I give you." So when Ahijah heard her footsteps at the door, he called out, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else?" Then he told her, "I have some bad news for you." [see verses 1-20]

 

They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus. 

Matthew 22:15  Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to trap Jesus into saying something for which he could be arrested. [see also Mark 12:13]

Matthew 12:9-10  Then Jesus went over to their synagogue, where he noticed a man with a deformed hand. The Pharisees asked Jesus, "Does the law permit a person to work by healing on the Sabbath?" (They were hoping he would say yes, so they could bring charges against him.) [see verses 9-14, see also Mark 3:1-6]

Luke 11:53-54  As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions. They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him. [see verses 37-54]                                

 

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