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Matthew Chapter 22 verse 15 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 22:15

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in `his' talk.
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BBE Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.
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DARBY Matthew 22:15

Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.
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KJV Matthew 22:15

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
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WBT Matthew 22:15

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WEB Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
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YLT Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 15-22. - Second attack: The question concerning the tribute to Caesar. (Mark 12:13-17; Luke 20:20-26.) Verse 15. - Then went the Pharisees. After they had heard the parables, and were for the time silenced, they departed from the public courts of the temple, and betook themselves to the hall of the Sanhedrin, that they might plot some stratagem against Jesus. How they might entangle (παγιδεύσωσιν) him in his talk. The verb (not elsewhere found in the New Testament) means "to lay a snare for" an object. The Pharisees did not dare to use open violence, but they now endeavoured by insidious questions to make him compromise himself either with the Romans, their political masters, or with the national and patriotic party.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) How they might entangle him.--Literally, ensnare. The phrase is identical in meaning with our colloquial "set a trap." The plot implies that they did not dare to take measures openly against Him as long as popular feeling was at the same level.