Luke 6:11 (WEB)

Passage

But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:9 Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?”

Luke 6:10 He looked around at them all, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other.

Luke 6:11 But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.

Luke 6:12 In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.

Luke 6:13 When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "He looked around at them all and..." into verse 12's "In these days he went out to...", so "filled" and "rage" 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 "rage" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.