Matthew 22:15

Paying Taxes to Caesar

22:15 Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words.

Matthew 22:18

22:18 But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

Matthew 22:35

22:35 And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him:

sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

tn Grk “trap him in word.”

tn Traditionally, “a lawyer.” This was an expert in the interpretation of the Mosaic law.

tn Grk “testing.” The participle, however, is telic in force.