A.T. Robertson Commentary John 7:44

"And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him." — John 7:44 (ASV)

Would have taken him (ηθελον πιασα αυτον). Imperfect active of θελω and first aorist active infinitive of πιαζω, "were wishing to seize him." See verse 30 for a like impulse and restraint, there επεβαλεν επ' αυτον, here εβαλεν επ' αυτον (simple verb, not compound).