reasoned among themselves - (Compare Gen 37:18-20; Joh 11:47-53).
the heir - sublime expression of the great truth, that God’s inheritance was destined for, and in due time to come into the possession of, His Son in our nature (Heb 1:2).
inheritance ... ours - and so from mere servants we may become lords; the deep aim of the depraved heart, and literally “the root of all evil.”