What Does Luke 22:2 Mean?

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“sought”

to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by hebraism) to worship (god), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the chief priests”

the high-priest (literally, of the jews; typically, christ); by extension a chief priest

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“scribes”

a professional writer

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“how”

an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!

“they might kill”

to take up, i.e., adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e., abolish, murder

“him”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“they feared”

to frighten, i.e., (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e., revere

“for”

properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the people”

a people (in general; thus differing from g1218, which denotes one's own populace)