Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Because that (oti). Causal use of oti.
By reason of him (di auton). "Because of him," regular idiom, accusative case with dia.
Went away (uphgon). Cf. John 6:67 for this verb. Inchoative imperfect active of upagw, "began to withdraw" as happened at the time of the raising of Lazarus (John 11:45 f.) and the secession was still going on.
And believed on Jesus (kai episteuon eiv ton Ihsoun). Imperfect active of pisteuw (note aorist in John 11:45). There was danger of a mass movement of the people to Jesus.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 12:11:
Luke 19:47
John 6:21
John 11:45
John 12:1
John 12:2
John 12:9
John 12:17
John 18:10
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