But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
Ver. 10. Not openly, but as it were in secret] To kindle the desire of seeing and hearing him so much the more; or to discover whether there were any numbers disposed by his first preaching to receive him, to the end he might not show himself in vain. He had lost most of his hearers, who thenceforth walked no more with him, John 6:66; yet might haply afterwards have a better mind to him.