Wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who prey upon the estates of widows, under the pretext of making long prayers; therefore ye shall be punish'd with the greater severity.

who under the pretext of their long prayers devour the fortunes of widows. wherefore they shall be punish'd with greater severity.

the Jews, said he, have agreed to desire you would send Paul down to-morrow to the council, under the pretext of examining him more strictly.

but the crew under pretext of dropping their anchors to moor, had hoisted out the boat; designing to make off:

for, brethren, you have been called to liberty. only abuse not this freedom as a pretext to vice, but in offices of love be as servants one to another.

men. You are free, don't let your liberty serve as a pretext for vice: but act as the servants