Luke 6:11 (YLT)

Passage

and they were filled with madness, and were speaking with one another what they might do to Jesus.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:9 Then said Jesus unto them, `I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?'

Luke 6:10 And having looked round on them all, he said to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand;' and he did so, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

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

Luke 6:12 And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,

Luke 6:13 and when it became day, he called near his disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also he named apostles,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "filled", "madness", "speaking", "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 having looked round 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.