John 7:11 - Exposition

The Jews therefore sought him at the feast. The ruling and hostile powers, the unbelieving hierarchy, Caiaphas and his party ( John 6:41 , John 6:52 ; John 6:13 , John 6:15 ), because of his non-appearance in the Galilaean caravan, went hither and thither, saying, Where is he? — ἐκεῖνος , "that notorious Person," whose claims maddened us some months agone, and whose deeds are being talked of throughout the city, whom the Galilaeans would have constrained to take up arms and crown: where is he? Luther said that their malice was so great that they forbore to name him. But we can hardly press the ἐκεῖνος so far as that.