John 7:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? Will he do more miracles - It was the belief of the Jews, and they founded it upon Isaiah 35:5, that, when the Messiah came, he would do all kinds of miracles; and, in order that they might have the fullest proof of the Divine mission of Christ, it had pleased God to cause miracles to cease for between four and five hundred years, and that John the Baptist himself had not wrought any. His miracles, therefore, were a full proof of his Divine mission.