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Selected Verse: John 12:9 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Joh 12:9	Strong Concordance	Much [4183] people [3793] of [1537] the Jews [2453] therefore [3767] knew [1097] that [3754] he was [2076] there [1563]: and [2532] they came [2064] not [3756] for [1223] Jesus [2424]' sake only [3440], but [235] that [2443] they might see [1492] Lazarus [2976] also [2532], whom [3739] he had raised [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498].
	King James	Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Crowds of the Jerusalem Jews hastened to Bethany, not so much to see Jesus, whom they knew to be there, as to see dead Lazarus alive; and this, issuing in their accession to Christ, led to a plot against the life of Lazarus also, as the only means of arresting the triumphs of Jesus (see Joh 12:19) --to such a pitch had these chief priests come of diabolical determination to shut out the light from themselves, and quench it from the earth!

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Crowds of the Jerusalem Jews hastened to Bethany, not so much to see Jesus, whom they knew to be there, as to see dead Lazarus alive; and this, issuing in their accession to Christ, led to a plot against the life of Lazarus also, as the only means of arresting the triumphs of Jesus (see Joh 12:19) --to such a pitch had these chief priests come of diabolical determination to shut out the light from themselves, and quench it from the earth!

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Much people (ὄχλος πολὺς) The best texts insert the article, which converts the expression into the current phrase, the common people. So Rev. Knew (ἔγνω) Rev., more correctly, learned. They came to know.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Much people (ὄχλος πολὺς)

The best texts insert the article, which converts the expression into the current phrase, the common people. So Rev.

Knew (ἔγνω)

Rev., more correctly, learned. They came to know.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Much people of the Jews - John, who was a Galilean, often gives the title of Jews to those who were inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Much people of the Jews - John, who was a Galilean, often gives the title of Jews to those who were inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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