5. — l}Vhy then believed ye him not^ The meaning of this of course must be, "Why did ye not believe what he told you about me ? "
6. — [The people wlU stone us.] Grotius remarks, "They bad themselves accustomed the people to this violence. When they could not legally convict their enemies, they incited the people to stone them. It was called the judgment of zeal." See John X. 31 : Acts xiv. 19.
7. — [They covM not tell.] The Greek words here, when literally translated, are even more remarkable than our version, as a proof of the falsehood of our Lord's enemies. They are literally, " they did not know."
8. — [Neither tell I you, rfc] Our Lord's refusal was just, because those who asked Him were not honest in their inquiry about His authority. Our Lord never refused to answer the question of any honest inquirer.