And straightway with the Herodians took council (ευθυς μετα των Hηρωιδιανων). The Pharisees could stand no more. So out they stalk…

Straightway. Immediately; or, as soon as possible.

Took counsel. Laid a plan; consulted with them. Literally, "made a cons…

A man there which had a withered hand.—See Notes on Matthew 12:9-14. Mark omits the reference to the sheep fallen into a …

The Venerable Bede: The Pharisees, considering it a crime that the diseased hand was restored to health at the Lord's word, agr…

The healing resulted in further enmity against Jesus. The Pharisees, joined now by the Herodians (probably influential Jews who were friends and ba…

The Pharisees took counsel with the Herodians. Now they regarded the Herodians with the fiercest hatred; for their eagerness to b…

And the Pharisees went forth
Out of the synagogue, being dreadfully galled with the reasonings of Christ, at the sil…

All our sicknesses and calamities spring from the anger of God against our sins. Their removal, or making them blessings for us, was purchased for …