Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
They watched him - , Insidiously watching. See on Luke 14:1 (note).
Spies - , from , in, and , I let down, to set in ambush. One who crouches in some secret place to spy, listen, catch, or hurt. Hesychius explains the word by , those who lie in wait, or in ambush, to surprise and slay. Josephus uses the word to signify a person bribed for a particular purpose. See War, b. ii. c. ii. s. 5, and b. vi. c. v. s. 2. No doubt the persons mentioned in the text were men of the basest principles, and were hired by the malicious Pharisees to do what they attempted in vain to perform.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Luke 20:20:
Luke 6:7
Acts 17:34
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