And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
And some of them (the more envenomed of those who had taken the adverse side of the question), would have taken him [or 'were minded to take Him' ethelon (G2309 ) piasai (G4084 ), but-or 'yet' alla (G243 )], no man laid hands on him. See the note at John 7:30.