<p>20:20 <i>And they watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be sincere- </i>Rightly had the Lord called them hypocrites. Their attempt at acting as sincere enquirers would have been laughable. All the way through, the Lord is presented as the one totally in control, with the Jews and Romans acting exactly as He had set them up to act.</p><p><i>So that they might catch him in something he said; so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the Roman governor</i>- The same word used of how&nbsp;<i>they</i>&nbsp;were to be entangled in condemnation (Lk. 21:35; Rom. 11:9). As they treated the Lord, so they were treated. Our attitude to Him is in a way our attitude to ourselves and our eternal destiny. We note they could <i>not</i> in fact catch hold of His words (:26). His death was not going to be because they outsmarted Him, but rather because He willingly set up a situation through which He willingly gave His life rather than it being taken from Him.</p>