- *ezētēsan*
- aorist active, 3rd plural - they sought
- *archiereis*
- nominative, masculine, plural - chief priests
- *grammateis*
- nominative, masculine, plural - scribes
- *epibalein*
- aorist active infinitive - to lay
- *cheiras*
- accusative, feminine, plural - hands
- *hōra*
- dative, feminine, singular - hour/time
- *ephobēthēsan*
- aorist passive, 3rd plural - they feared
- *laon*
- accusative, masculine, singular - people
- *egnōsan*
- aorist active, 3rd plural - they knew
- *gar*
- postpositive conjunction - for/because
- *pros*
- preposition + accusative - against/toward
- *parabolēn*
- accusative, feminine, singular - parable
- *eipen*
- aorist active, 3rd singular - he spoke