Took him (ειχον). Descriptive imperfect of εχω, to hold. This fear of the people was all that stayed the hands of the rabbis on th…

When they sought to lay hands — We must remember that they had once before made a similar attempt and had been baffled ([Reference…

Unhappy people, to reject him who alone could bless them, and yet to stand in fear of him whom they tried to despise! Let it not be so with any of …

St. Jerome: Hard as their hearts were in unbelief, the Jews still perceived that the Lord's sentence was directed against the…

The two principal voices of authority in the Judaism of Jesus’ day understood what this parable meant. The story ends with magnificent yet tragic i…

But when they sought to lay hands on him Not that they attempted by any outward action to apprehend him, and carry him of…

This parable plainly sets forth the sin and ruin of the Jewish nation; and what is spoken to convict them is spoken to caution all who enjoy the pr…

Here, they reprehend by questioning. And firstly, the questioning is related; and secondly, the refutation is related, where it is said,