And he answered and said unto them
That is, Jesus replied to them, as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and
Persic versions express it:
I will also ask you one thing, and answer me;
when he also promised, that if they would give him an answer to
his question, he would satisfy them in the point they
interrogated him about: and as this was a prudent decline to
avoid the snare they laid for him, so it was not an impertinent
reply to them; since it led on to a proper answer to their
question, as appears by the case proposed; (See Gill on
Matthew
21:24).
