Howbeit (μεντο). See 4:27 for this compound particle (μεν, το), by way of exception, but yet.

Spake (ελαλε…

Spake openly of him. The word translated openly, here, is commonly rendered boldly. This refers, doubtless, to those who…

No man cannot fairly be limited, as it generally has been, to the multitude who believed in Him. It discloses to us rather a reign…

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 …

Yet no man spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews. By the Jews, he means here the rulers who had the government in their hands.…

However, no man spoke openly of him
So loud as to be overheard, at least by many, but in a secret and whispering way…

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…