Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
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Gill's Exposition
Much of the people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there,.... That is, many of the Jews that dwelt at Jerusalem, knew that Jesus was at Bethany; for it being but two miles from Jerusalem, the…
Adam Clarke
Much people of the Jews - John, who was a Galilean, often gives the title of Jews to those who were inhabitants of Jerusalem.
In these verses we have,
I. The kind visit our Lord Jesus paid to his friends at Bethany, Joh 12:1. He came up out of the country, six days before the passover, and took up at Bethany, a town which,…
Cambridge Bible
The Hostility of the Priests
9. Much people Large caravans would be coming up for the Passover, and the news would spread quickly through the shifting crowds, who were already on the alert (Joh 11:55)…