Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
Ver. 12. Knowest thou that the Pharisees, &c.] q.d. Why dost thou then thus call the people to thee, and exclude them? It was a commendable charity in the disciples, to desire the better information of those that had cautiously accused them,Matthew 15:2, and to tender their salvation. "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." Speciosius aliquanto iniuriae beneficiis vincuntur quam mutui odii pertinacia pensantur, saith a heathen, Val. Max. iv. 2.