Laying wait for him (ενεδρευοντες αυτον). An old verb from εν and εδρα, a seat, so to lie in ambush for one. Here only and Ac 23:2…

Laying wait for him. Or, rather, laying snares for him. It means that they endeavored to entangle him in his talk; that they did …

Laying wait for him.—The better manuscripts give the verse in a somewhat simpler form, laying wait to catch something out of …

And as he said these words to them, the scribes and Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things, lying i…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: A rebuke that exalts the meek is generally hateful to the proud. Therefore, when our Savior was blami…

Jesus directed his final woe against the experts in the law for their sin of taking away not just physical but eternal life, a dereliction of their…

Laying wait for him
To ensnare and entangle him, watching his words, observing what he said, and laying hold thereon…

We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, …