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Went (poreuthentes). So-called deponent passive and redundant use of the verb as in Mat 9:13 : “Go and learn.”
Took counsel (sumboulion elabon). Like the Latin consilium capere as in Mat 12:14.
Ensnare in his talk (pagideusōsin en logōi). From pagis, a snare or trap. Here only in the N.T. In the lxx (1 Samuel 28:9; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Test. of Twelve Patriarchs, Joseph 7:1). Vivid picture of the effort to trip Jesus in his speech like a bird or wild beast.