While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
And the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus did question them,
And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus demanded of them,
Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Voices3
(verses 41 onwards) But when the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus questioned them, saying, 'What do you think about the Christ, whose son is he?' They said to him, 'David.' He said to them, 'How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, "The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool?" If David then calls him Lord, how is he his son?' Those who had gathered together to test Jesus and tried to capture the truth through deceitful questioning, gave an opportunity for their own refutation.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420patristic
While the Pharisees were gathered together,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Jesus proposes a question concerning the Messiah - See also Mar 12:35-37; Luk 20:41-44. Mat 22:41 While the Pharisees ... - Jesus, having confounded the great sects of the Jews, proceeds, in his turn, to propose to them a question for their solution. This was done, not for the purpose of vain parade and triumph, but: 1. To show them how ignorant they were of their prophecies. 2. To humble them in view of their ignorance.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
The verses this one reaches5
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?
Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
The walk8
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Matthew 22:34And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
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Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”
The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil.
Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
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Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
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So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of…
Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
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