25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?
25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill?
25 That's when some of the people of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this the one they were out to kill?
25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, "Is this not He whom they seek to kill?
25 Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem started to ask each other, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 7:25
Commentary on John 7:25-30
(Read John 7:25-30)
Christ proclaimed aloud, that they were in error in their thoughts about his origin. He was sent of God, who showed himself true to his promises. This declaration, that they knew not God, with his claim to peculiar knowledge, provoked the hearers; and they sought to take him, but God can tie men's hands, though he does not turn their hearts.