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New American Standard Bible

Luke 22:6

And so he consented, and began looking for a good opportunity to betray Him to them away from the crowd.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apostasy;   Betrayal;   Church;   Covetousness;   Judas (Jude);   Priest;   Traitor;   The Topic Concordance - Judas Iscariot;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judas;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Offerings and Sacrifices;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Judas Iscariot;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Announcements of Death;   Multitude;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Passover;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Betray;   Judas Iscariot;   Promise;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Haggadah (Shel Pesaḥ);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So he accepted the offer and started looking for a good opportunity to betray him to them when the crowd was not present.
King James Version (1611)
And he promised, and sought opportunitie to betray him vnto them in the absence of the multitude.
King James Version
And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
English Standard Version
So he consented and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of a crowd.
New Century Version
He agreed and watched for the best time to hand Jesus over to them when he was away from the crowd.
Amplified Bible
So he consented, and began looking for a good opportunity to betray Jesus to them [at a time when He was] separated from the crowd [because the people might riot or stop them from seizing Him].
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So he consented, and began seeking a good opportunity to betray Him to them apart from the crowd.
Legacy Standard Bible
So he consented, and began seeking a good opportunity to betray Him to them apart from the crowd.
Berean Standard Bible
Judas consented, and began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus to them in the absence of a crowd.
Contemporary English Version
He agreed and started looking for a good chance to betray Jesus when the crowds were not around.
Complete Jewish Bible
He agreed and began looking for a good opportunity to betray Yeshua without the people's knowledge.
Darby Translation
And he came to an agreement to do it, and sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them away from the crowd.
Easy-to-Read Version
He agreed. Then he waited for the best time to hand him over to them. He wanted to do it when no one was around to see it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he consented, and sought opportunitie to betraye him vnto them, when the people were away.
George Lamsa Translation
And he agreed with them, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the people.
Good News Translation
Judas agreed to it and started looking for a good chance to hand Jesus over to them without the people knowing about it.
Lexham English Bible
And he agreed, and began looking for a favorable opportunity to betray him to them apart from the crowd.
Literal Translation
And he fully consented and sought opportunity to betray Him to them, away from the crowd.
American Standard Version
And he consented, and sought opportunity to deliver him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
Bible in Basic English
And he made an agreement with them to give him up to them, if he got a chance, when the people were not present.
Hebrew Names Version
He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.
International Standard Version
He accepted their offer and began to look for a good opportunity to betray him to them when no crowd was present.
Etheridge Translation
And he promised to them, and sought him opportunity to betray him apart from the multitude.
Murdock Translation
And he promised them, and sought opportunity to betray him to them, in the absence of the multitude.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he consented, and sought oportunitie to betray him vnto them, when the people were away.
English Revised Version
And he consented, and sought opportunity to deliver him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
World English Bible
He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he promised and sought opportunity to betray him to them, in the absence of the multitude.
Weymouth's New Testament
He accepted their offer, and then looked out for an opportunity to betray Him when the people were not there.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he bihiyte, and he souyte oportunyte, to bitraye hym, with outen puple.
Update Bible Version
And he consented, and sought opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude.
New English Translation
So Judas agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus when no crowd was present.
New King James Version
So he promised and sought opportunity to betray Him to them in the absence of the multitude.
New Living Translation
So he agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus so they could arrest him when the crowds weren't around.
New Life Bible
Judas promised to do this and then looked for a way to hand Jesus over when there were no people around.
New Revised Standard
So he consented and began to look for an opportunity to betray him to them when no crowd was present.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he freely consented, and began seeking a good opportunity for delivering him up, in the absence of a multitude, unto them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he promised. And he sought opportunity to betray him in the absence of the multitude.
Revised Standard Version
So he agreed, and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he consented and sought oportunite to betraye him vnto them when the people were awaye.
Young's Literal Translation
and he agreed, and was seeking a favourable season to deliver him up to them without tumult.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he cosented, & sought oportunite, yt he might betraye hi without eny rumoure.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Judas accepted the bargain, and sought an opportunity to secure him, without alarming the people.
Simplified Cowboy Version
He told them he would look for a time and place where they could arrest him without a bunch of people around.

Contextual Overview

1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching. 2 And the chief priests and the scribes were trying to find a way to put Him to death, since they were afraid of the people. 3 And Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who belonged to the number of the twelve. 4 And he left and discussed with the chief priests and officers how he was to betray Him to them. 5 And they were delighted, and agreed to give him money. 6 And so he consented, and began looking for a good opportunity to betray Him to them away from the crowd.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in the absence of the multitude: or, without tumult, Matthew 26:5, Mark 14:2

Reciprocal: Matthew 26:16 - he Mark 14:11 - he sought

Cross-References

Isaiah 53:6
All of us, like sheep, have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused the wrongdoing of us all To fall on Him.
Matthew 8:17
This happened so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled: "HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR ILLNESSES AND CARRIED AWAY OUR DISEASES."
John 19:17
They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, carrying His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which in Hebrew is called, Golgotha.
1 Peter 2:24
and He Himself brought our sins in His body up on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness; by His wounds you were healed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he promised,.... He undertook to deliver him into their hands; he laid himself under obligation to do it; he faithfully promised he would. The Arabic version renders it, he gave thanks; for the money he received, being well pleased he had made such a bargain; and so the word here used sometimes signifies; and indeed commonly either to confess; or to give thanks, in which latter sense it is used, in Matthew 11:25 but here rather it is to be understood in the sense of promising:

and sought opportunity; the two days following before the passover:

to betray him unto them in the absence of the people: when they were gone from him, and he was alone; but found no opportunity of doing it this way, which they had agreed upon with him, and he had promised, until the night of the passover, when he was alone in the garden with his disciples.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Chief priests and captains - See the notes at Matthew 26:14. See the account of the bargain which Judas made with them explained in the Matthew 26:14-16 notes, and Mark 14:10-11 notes.

Absence of the multitude - The multitude, “the people,” were then favorable to Jesus. He had preached in the temple, and many of them believed that he was the Messiah. It was a hazardous thing, therefore, to take him by force, and in their presence, as they might rise and rescue him. Hence, they sought to take him when “he” was away from the multitude; and as Judas knew of a place where he could be found “alone,” they were glad of the opportunity of so easily securing him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 22:6. And he promised — That is, to do it - εξωμολογησε: or, He accepted the proposal. See Wakefield.


 
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