Luke 6:11 (DRB)

Passage

And they were filled with madness: and they talked one with another, what they might do to Jesus.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:9 Then Jesus said to them: I ask you, if it be lawful on the sabbath days to do good or to do evil? To save life or to destroy?

Luke 6:10 And looking round about on them all, he said to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth. And his hand was restored.

Luke 6:11 And they were filled with madness: and they talked one with another, what they might do to Jesus.

Luke 6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray: and he passed the whole night in the prayer of God.

Luke 6:13 And when day was come, he called unto him his disciples: and he chose twelve of them (whom also he named apostles):

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "filled", "madness", "talked", "another", "might", and "jesus". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "filled" and "madness", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And looking round about on them all..." into verse 12's "And it came to pass in those...", so "filled" and "madness" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "filled" and "madness" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.