The common people (ο οχλος πολυς). This is the right reading with the article ο, literally, "the people much or in large numbers."…

Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there.—Some of the pilgrims who had come from Jericho would have told …

Their curiosity was only natural, for few of them could have seen anyone who had been raised from the dead. It is well when a saved soul, who has b…

Alcuin of York: As the time approached in which our Lord had resolved to suffer, He approached the place He had chosen for Hi…

The response of the crowds to Jesus brought another crisis to his enemies. So many were becoming his followers that the priestly party was sure tha…

Then a great multitude of the Jews knew that he was there. The nearer the time of Christ's death approached, the more necessary it became …

Much of the people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there That is, many of the Jews that dwelt at Jerusalem, knew t…

Christ had formerly blamed Martha for being troubled with much serving. But she did not stop serving, as some who, when criticized for going too fa…

1. After narrating the traitor’s indignation at the kindne shown by the woman, the Evangelist now shows how our Lord put a stop to it.

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