Mat 22:15, Luk 20:20 | Barnes | STEP | Verses 15-22. The Pharisees and Herodians endeavour to entangle Jesus ; This narrative is also found in . Verse 15. Then went the Pharisees . . How they might entangle him . To entangle means to ensnare, as birds are taken by a net. This is done secretly, by leading them within the compass of the net, and then suddenly springing it over them. So to entangle is artfully to lay a plan for enticing, to beguile by proposing a question, and by leading, if possible, to am incautious answer. This was the kind proposed here to Jesus. In his talk . The word his is supplied here by the translators, perhaps improperly. It means in conversation, or by talking with him; not alluding to anything he had before said. (y) "Then went"

Matthew 22:15

Verses 15-22. The Pharisees and Herodians endeavour to entangle Jesus; This narrative is also found in Mk 12:13-17; Lk 20:20-26.

Verse 15. Then went the Pharisees. Mt 3:7.

How they might entangle him. To entangle means to ensnare, as birds are taken by a net. This is done secretly, by leading them within the compass of the net, and then suddenly springing it over them. So to entangle is artfully to lay a plan for enticing, to beguile by proposing a question, and by leading, if possible, to am incautious answer. This was the kind proposed here to Jesus.

In his talk. The word his is supplied here by the translators, perhaps improperly. It means in conversation, or by talking with him; not alluding to anything he had before said.

(y) "Then went" Mk 12:13, Lk 20:20

Luke 20:20

Verses 20-38. Mt 22:15, also Mt 22:16-33 Mk 12:13, also Mk 12:14-27.

Verse 20.

(m) "that they might take" Mt 22:15