“He consented and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Luke 22 contains 71 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.