Mar 12:13 | NETfull | STEP | Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words.

Mark 12:13

Paying Taxes to Caesar

13 Then ^{▼▼ Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.} they sent some of the Pharisees ^{▼▼ See the note on Pharisees in 2:16.} and Herodians ^{▼▼ Pharisees and Herodians made a very interesting alliance. W. W. Wessel (“Mark,” EBC 8:733) comments: “The Herodians were as obnoxious to the Pharisees on political grounds as the Sadducees were on theological grounds. Yet the two groups united in their opposition to Jesus. Collaboration in wickedness, as well as goodness, has great power. Their purpose was to trip Jesus up in his words so that he would lose the support of the people, leaving the way open for them to destroy him.” See also the note on “Herodians” in Mark 3:6.} to trap him with his own words. ^{▼▼ Grk “trap him in word.”}