Matthew 22:15

“Then went the Pharisees, etc.] After they had heard the parables of the two sons being bid to go into the vineyard, of the vineyard let out to husbandmen, and of the marriage feast; for it is clear from hence, that these stayed and heard the last of these parables, in all which they saw themselves designed; and though they were irritated and provoked to the last degree, they were obliged to hide their resentments, nor durst they use any violence for fear of the people; wherefore they retired to some convenient place, to the council chamber, or to the palace of the high priest, or where the chief priests were gone, who seem to have departed some time before them: and took counsel; among…”

“The Pharisees and Herodians endeavor to entangle Jesus - This narrative is also found in Mark 12:12-17; Luke 20:20-26. Matthew 22:15 Then went the Pharisees - See the notes at Matthew 3:7. How they might entangle him - To entangle means to “ensnare,” as birds are taken by a net. This is done secretly, by leading them within the compass of the net and then suddenly springing it over them. So to entangle is artfully to lay a plan for enticing; to beguile by proposing a question, and by leading, if possible, to an incautious answer. This was what the Pharisees and Herodians endeavored to do in regard to Jesus. In his talk - The word “his” is supplied by the translators, perhaps improperly. It…”

“Mar 12:13; Luk 20:20. Matthew 22:16”

“22:15-22 Roman taxation was a controversial issue in first-century Palestine (see also 17:24-27).”

“went: Psa 2:2; Mar 12:13-17; Luk 20:20-26 how: Psa 41:6, Psa 56:5-7, Psa 57:6, Psa 59:3; Isa 29:21; Jer 18:18, Jer 20:10; Luk 11:53, Luk 11:54; Heb 12:3 Matthew 22:16”