Matthew 12:14 - Exposition

Then the Pharisees went out ( ἐξελθόντες δὲ οἱφαρισαῖοι ) . Probably at once, before the service was over. Note the emphatic position of ἐξελθόντες . They will no longer stay in the same building with one who does such a thing, and held a council ; and tool : counsel ; cf. Matthew 22:15 ; Matthew 27:1 , Matthew 27:7 ; Matthew 28:12 . Against him, how they might destroy him. We learn from Mark that the Herodians also took part in the deliberation. Professor Marshall suggests a too ingenious reconciliation of this verse and its parallels, in three details, by suggesting an Aramaic original which would explain the divergences.