As the people were in suspence, every man imagining in his own mind that John might be the Messiah;

and draw something from his own mouth, that might be brought as evidence against him.

if your faith improv'd like a grain of mustard-seed, you might say to this sycamine-tree, be thou rooted up, and planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

" why then did you not lodge my money in the bank, that on my return I might have drawn it out with interest?

they watch'd then, and suborn'd spies, who under pretence of their tender consciences, might ensnare him in his discourse, and so betray him to the civil power and jurisdiction of the governor.

being nigh, the chief priests consulted with the Scribes, how they might put Jesus to death; for they were afraid of the people.