26And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
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And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. …
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-26)We have here Christ’s evading a snare which his enemies laid for him, by proposing a question to him about tribute. We had this passage before, both in Matthew and Mark. Here is, I. The mischief designed him, and that is more fully related here than before. The plot was to deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor , Luke 20:20. They could not themselves put him to death by course of…
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