Luke 11:54

Verse 54. Laying wait for him. Or, rather, laying snares for him. It means that they endeavoured to entangle him in his talk; that they did as men do who catch birds--who lay snares, and deceive them, and take them unawares. That they might accuse him. Before the Sanhedrim, or great council of the nation, and thus secure his being put to death. From this we may learn-- 1st. That faithful reproofs must be expected to excite opposition and hatred. Though the conscience may be roused, and may testify against the man that is reproved, yet that does not prevent his hating the reproof and the reprover. 2nd. We see here the manner in which wicked men endeavour to escape the reproofs of conscience.