When he went

(εν τω ελθειν αυτον). Luke's favourite temporal clause = "on the going as to him."That

(κα). Another common Lukan idiom, και=οτ after εγενετο, like Hebrew wav.They

(αυτο). Emphatic.Were watching

(ησαν παρατηρουμενο). Periphrastic imperfect middle. Note force of αυτο, middle voice, and παρα-. They were themselves watching on the side (on the sly), watching insidiously, with evil intent as in Mark 3:2 (active).

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Old Testament