They wanted our Lord to say, I am the Christ. Perhaps, as they had human notions of the Messiah, having failed to discern His divinity in the Prophets, they wanted Christ to confess Himself the Messiah, of the seed of David; that they might accuse Him of aspiring to the regal power.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
Also cites: Tract. xlviii