Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
Then said the Jews (the rulers again), among themselves, Whither will he [or 'this man' houtos Then said the Jews (the rulers again), among themselves, Whither will he [or 'this man' houtos (G3778 )], go, that we shall not find him? They cannot comprehend Him, but seem awed by the solemn grandeur of His warning.
Will he go unto the dispersed, [ teen (G3588 ) diasporan (G1290 )] among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? х Helleenoon (G1672), Helleenas (G1672)] - 'unto the dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? Will He go to the Jews of the dispersion-scattered abroad everywhere-and from them extend His teaching even to the Gentiles? (So Meyer, Lucke, Tholuck, etc.) By the Greeks here are not meant Hellenistic or Greek-speaking Jews, but Gentiles. It is well observed by Neander, that a presentiment that His teaching was designed to be universal had probably a good deal to do with the irritation which it occasioned.