John 7:11

John 7:11

9 When He had said these things to them, He remained in Galilee.

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10 But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

11 Then ^athe Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, “Where is He?”

12 And ^athere was much complaining among the people concerning Him. ^bSome said, “He is good”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He deceives the people.”

13 However, no one spoke openly of Him ^afor fear of the Jews.

14 Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and ^ataught.

15 ^aAnd the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Then the Jews sought him - By Jews here are to be understood the scribes, Pharisees, and rulers of the people, and not the inhabitants of the province of Judea. It appears, from the following verses, that many of the people were prejudiced in his favor, but they dared not to own it publicly for fear of the Jews, i.e. for fear of the rulers of the people.

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