<p>3:2 <em>And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day- so that they would have an excuse to accuse him- </em>&quot;Would heal&quot; is literally 'Will heal'; this typical change of tense is to encourage us to see the situation played out live before our eyes, as it were; entering into the question as we do when watching a movie: 'Will He heal him... or not??'.</p><p>An &quot;excuse to accuse&quot; is a legal term. They wanted to get Jesus in court over this issue. But there&rsquo;s no evidence they actually did, and there was no recorded mention of Sabbath breaking in His final trial- so well and profoundly did He answer them.</p>