Then came the officers to the chief priests, &c. Namely, without accomplishing the purpose for which they were sent; and they The chief priests and other members of the sanhedrim, perceiving the officers had not executed their commission; said, Why have ye not brought him According to the orders you received from us? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man Surely no man living ever addressed his hearers in so engaging and irresistible a manner. They seem to have intended to intimate, that, had the chief priests and Pharisees heard him themselves, his discourse must have disarmed their resentment against him. Then answered the Pharisees Far from being softened by the account the officers gave; Are ye also deceived Ye, who have the advantage of knowing our sentiments concerning this man? Have any of the rulers Men of rank or eminence; or of the Pharisees Men of learning or religion; believed on him? But this people Οχλος ουτος, this populace; who knoweth not the law This ignorant rabble; so they affected to call Christ's friends; are cursed Are, by that ignorance, exposed to the curse of being thus seduced.
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John 7:45-49
45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.