Much murmuring (γογγυσμος πολυς). This Ionic onomatopoetic word is from γογγυζω for which verb see 6:41,61; 7:32, for secret displ…

Murmuring. Contention, disputing.

He deceiveth the people. That is, he is deluding them, or drawing them away by pretendin…

And there was much murmuring among the people. The original word for “people” is here, and here only in Saint John, in th…

Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Our Lord at first declares that He will not go up to the feast—I go not up with you—to avoid…

Public opinion was divided. The people who favored him were intimidated by the religious hierarchy, which was hostile toward Jesus. The atmosphere …

And there was much murmuring. He means that wherever people gathered in crowds, as usually happens in large assemblies, they held secret c…

And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him There was a general whisper, and a private controversy and c…

The brothers or kinsmen of Jesus were disgusted when they found there was no prospect of worldly advantages from him. Ungodly men sometimes underta…

1. After the Evangelist mentioned how our Lord’s relatives urged him to go to Judea, he also tells us what Christ replied to them. He then t…