14Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
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Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-21)As in the midst of Christ’s greatest humiliations, there were proofs of his dignity, so in the midst of his greatest honours, he gave proofs of his humility; and when the mighty works he did gave him an opportunity of making a figure, yet he made it appear that he emptied himself , and made himself of no reputation . Here we have, I. The cursed malice of the Pharisees against Christ (Matt. 12:14);…
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