7:25 {10} Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
(10) Many marvel that the endeavours of the enemies of God have no success, but in the meanwhile they do not acknowledge the strength and power of God.
7:25 Some of them of Jerusalem. Citizens who understood the purposes of the rulers, of which the visitors were ignorant.
7:25-30 Christ proclaimed aloud, that they were in error in their thoughts about his origin. He was sent of God, who showed himself true to his promises. This declaration, that they knew not God, with his claim to peculiar knowledge, provoked the hearers; and they sought to take him, but God can tie men's hands, though he does not turn their hearts.
