took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk

They Lay Snares, Deception

Brooklyn Museum - The Pharisees Question Jesus (Les pharisiens questionnent Jésus) - James Tissot

Psalm 38:12  They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

 

Mark 14:1  After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

 

Matthew 22:15  Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

 

 

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