<p>12:13 <i>And they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him out in his teaching</i>- The same word used of how&nbsp;<i>they</i>&nbsp;were to be entangled or caught up 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. The Pharisees and Herodians were sworn enemies. Herod was anathema to the Pharisees, who saw him as a false Jew and some kind of antiChrist figure. But a theme of the Lord's judgment and death was that His enemies were united together by a common hatred of Him.</p>