Commentaries:Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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Matthew 22:15
Went (poreuqentev). So-called deponent passive and redundant use of the verb as in Matthew 9:13: "Go and learn."
Took counsel (sumboulion elabon). Like the Latin consilium capere as in Matthew 12:14.
Ensnare in his talk (pagideuswsin en logw). From pagiv, a snare or trap. Here only in the N.T. In the LXX ( 28:9; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Test. of Twelve Patriarchs, Joseph 7:1). Vivid picture of the effort to trip Jesus in his speech like a bird or wild beast.
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