John 7:11

And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him,.... There was a general whisper, and a private controversy and contention among the people about him, upon inquiry being made after him:…

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,…

We have here, I. The reason given why Christ spent more of his time in Galilee than in Judea (Joh 7:1): because the Jews, the people in Judea and Jerusalem, sought to kill him, for curing the impotent…

the Jews The hostile party, as usual: comp. Joh 7:7. Both here and in Joh 7:7 -then" should rather be therefore: comp. Joh 6:53; Joh 6:67-68. The force of the -therefore" here is -because they did not…