Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
Ver. 35. Then one of them which was a lawyer] Pareus gathereth out of Mark, Mark 12:28, that this lawyer was one of them that had applauded Christ for his conquest over the Sadducees in the last conflict, Luke 20:39, and that for a penance he was enjoined by his fellow Pharisees to undertake this following disputation with Christ: Ad liberandum igitur se uspicione, partes disputandi adversus eum nunc ibi imponi a collegio patitur.
Tempting him, and saying] Saint Peter saith, "They found no guile in his mouth," which implies that they sought it, 1 Peter 2:22. There are those who hear us merely to catch, cavil, and quarrel.