i.e. Was a husbandman, as he had been before. The verb to begin doth oft abound, and is applied to him that continueth or repeateth an action begun before. Thus Christ is said to begin to cast out, Mar_11:15, and to begin to speak, Luk_12:1; for which in the parallel places he is said only to cast out, Mat_21:12, and to speak, Mat_16:6.