Matthew 22:15

τότε, then, with reference to Matthew 21:46, when the Sanhedrists were at a loss how to get Jesus into their power. συμβούλιον ἔλαβον may refer either to process: consulting together; or to result: formed a plan. ὅπως, either how (quomodo, Beza, wie, 11. C.), which, however, would more naturally take the future indicative (Fritzsche), or, better, in order that. παγιδεύσωσιν, they might ensnare, an Alexandrine word, not in classics, here and in Sept [124] (vide Ecclesiastes 9:12). ἐν λόγῳ, by a word, either the question they were to ask (διʼ ἐρωτήσεως, Euthy.), or the answer they hoped He would give (Meyer). For the idea, cf. Isaiah 29:21.

[124] Septuagint.