The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
Ver. 32. The Pharisees heard] They had their scouts, and lay perdu to listen, and to keep down Christ. Like unto these are the Jesuits of this day, who give out that the devil stirred up Luther to trouble the Church; and God hath sent them forth to withstand and hinder him.