egkathetos describes people sent to watch Jesus and seek grounds for handing him to the governor.

The attested use describes people sent to watch Jesus, feign righteousness, and seek a statement that could lead to his being handed over to the governor.

1. People planted to entrap by observation · dominant

   In Luke 20:20, the accusative plural masculine form occurs of those sent after watching Jesus; they pretend to be righteous in order to catch him in a statement and hand him to the governor. The APB renders the clause with “they sent spies pretending to be righteous.”

   Luke 20:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 20:20, the APB presents the group as “spies pretending to be righteous”; That wording is treated as the verse's presentation of the clause rather than a precise lexical equivalent.