Tangled

Matthew 22:15-22

"Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk" (Matthew 22:15, KJV).
"Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him with his words" (Matthew 22:15, NIV).

"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14).

The Pharisees wanted to trip Jesus in his words. Strange that they would try this. He was the very Word of life--how could they trip him in his words? They wanted to tangle his tongue; they wanted to lay a trap. He could see the way out of every trap they set, but when the time was right, he would willing walk into their trap. His final hour would come. He would lay down his life for his followers (John 10:17). The Word of Life would choose silence.