And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

Ver. 2. And they watched him] So carnal men do still watch and pry into professors and their conversation, εποπτευοντες, 1 Peter 3:2, curiously observing what they may catch and carp at. But it is a brave thing to throttle envy, to stop an evil mouth, to deny them occasion to blaspheme, as Christ did; to lead convincing lives, as Bradford and Bucer did, whom neither their friends could sufficiently praise, nor their foes find anything to fasten on. (Acts and Mon.)

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