John 7:11

11 Iudaei ergo quaerebant eum in die festo et dicebant ubi est ille

John 7:11 Meaning and Commentary

John 7:11

Then the Jews sought him at the feast
Some to take him and kill him, and others to hear his doctrine, and see his miracles: for all expected him at the feast, knowing it was always his custom, as it was his duty, as an Israelite, to attend at it:

and said, where is he?
not naming his name; either through contempt, which might be the case of the far greater part; or through fear of the Jews; or because that he was so well known.

John 7:11 In-Context

9 haec cum dixisset ipse mansit in Galilaea

10 ut autem ascenderunt fratres eius tunc et ipse ascendit ad diem festum non manifeste sed quasi in occulto

11 Iudaei ergo quaerebant eum in die festo et dicebant ubi est ille

12 et murmur multus de eo erat in turba; quidam enim dicebant quia bonus est alii autem dicebant non sed seducit turbas

13 nemo tamen palam loquebatur de illo propter metum Iudaeorum