Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
Then came the Jews that is as usual in this Gospel the rulers as observed on John 1:19 Then came the Jews - that is, as usual in this Gospel, the rulers, as observed on John 1:19.
Round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? х teen (G3588) psucheen (G5590) heemoon (G2257) aireis (G142)] - or better, as in the margin, 'hold us in suspense.'
If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. But when the plainest evidence of it was resisted, what weight could a mere assertion of it have? nor can it be doubted that they had an ensnaring purpose in the attempt to draw this out of Him.