Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 20:20

20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they mig[illegible: 2 letters] deliver him unto the power and authority of the governour.

There is nothing in these verses, but what we before met with, and is opened in the Notes on Matth. 21.45, 46. or Mark 12.12, 13. They let us see as in a Glass the Spirit, and Genius of Wicked Men filled with Malice against the Gospel. They are continually seeking to destroy such as have any relation to Christ, and to effect their ends, they will judge no means unfair, and their great art is to represent them as dangerous Persons to the Civil Government, so as if good Men find the same things still, they have this to comfort them, That the Disciple is not above his Master, nor the Servant above his Lord.

Marginal references: Math. 22.15.20.