Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have you not brought him?
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
The officers therefore came, &c. As to the masters who had sent them.
And they said unto them, Why have ye not brought Him? Their coming was a greater thing than to have remained with Christ, for they would thus have been spared annoyance from them, but now they became heralds of Christ, and became more bold in their bearing, says S. Chrysostom.
Him, that innovator, deceiver, and false prophet. They deigned not to call Jesus by His own name.
