they could.

Luke 20:20, 39, 40
So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor. . . .

Job 5:12, 13
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. . . .

Proverbs 26:4, 5
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him. . . .

2 Timothy 3:8, 9
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith. . . .

and they marvelled.

Luke 13:17
When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.

Matthew 22:12, 22, 34
Friend, ' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' But the man was speechless. . . .

Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Titus 1:10
For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,