23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:



Ver. 23. And after many days] {a} sc. After three years. So long he had to settle, ere God called him forth to suffer. The skilful armourer trieth not an ordinary piece with musket shot. The wise lapidary brings not his softer stones to the stithy: the good husbandman turns not the wheel upon his cummin, nor his flail upon his vetches, {b} Isa_28:25.



{a} çìåñáé éêáíáé diebus sufficientibus.



{b} The bean-like fruit of various species of the leguminous plant Vicia. ŒD