Luk 11:53-54 | NET2full | STEP | When he went out from there , the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly and to ask him hostile questions about many things ,

‏ Luke 11:53-54

53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law ^{▼▼tn Or “the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.} and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly ^{▼▼tn Or “terribly.”} and to ask him hostile questions ^{▼▼tn For this term see L&N 33.183.} about many things, 54 plotting against ^{▼▼tn Grk “lying in ambush against,” but this is a figurative extension of that meaning.} him to catch ^{▼▼tn This term was often used in a hunting context (BDAG 455 s.v. θηρεύω; L&N 27.30). Later examples of this appear in Luke 20.} him in something he might say.