Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The Pharisees (oi Farisaioi). This group of the Jewish rulers (John 7:11, John 7:15, John 7:25 f.) was particularly hostile to Christ, though already the Sadducees had become critical (Matthew 16:6) and they join here (oi arxiereiv, the chief priests being Sadducees) in determining to silence Jesus by bringing him before the Sanhedrin. They had heard the whispered talk about Jesus before he arrived (John 7:12 f.) and still more now.
Heard the multitude murmuring (hkousan tou oxlou gogguzontov). First aorist active indicative of akouw with the genitive case and the descriptive participle of the vivid onomatopoetic verb gogguzw (verse John 7:12) now grown louder like the hum of bees. It was the defence of Jesus by a portion of the crowd (John 7:31) that irritated the Pharisees. Here the Pharisees take the initiative and enlist the Sadducees in the Sanhedrin (for this combination see John 7:45; John 11:47, John 11:57; Matthew 21:45; Matthew 27:62, the organized court) to send "officers" (uphretav) "to take him" (ina piaswsin auton, final clause with ina and first aorist active subjunctive of piazw for which verb see verse John 7:30). For uphretav (temple police here) see verse John 7:45; John 18:3, John 18:12, John 18:22; John 19:6; Acts 5:22, Acts 5:26. For the word see Matthew 5:25; Luke 1:2, "an under rower" (upo, erethv), any assistant.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 7:32:
Luke 6:38
John 7:12
John 7:20
John 7:35
John 7:45
John 8:37
John 9:22
John 11:47
John 12:10
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