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When the Christ shall come (ho Christos hotan elthēi). Proleptic position of ho Christos again as in Joh 7:27, but elthēi with hotan rather than erchētai, calling more attention to the consummation (whenever he does come).
Will he do? (mē poiēsei). Future active indicative of poieō with mē (negative answer expected). Jesus had won a large portion of the pilgrims (ek tou ochlou polloi) either before this day or during this controversy. The use of episteusan (ingressive aorist active) looks as if many came to believe at this point. These pilgrims had watched closely the proceedings.
Than those which (hōn). One must supply the unexpressed antecedent toutōn in the ablative case after pleiona (more). Then the neuter plural accusative relative ha (referring to sēmeia signs) is attracted to the ablative case of the pronominal antecedent toutōn (now dropped out).
Hath done (epoiēsen). First aorist active indicative of poieō, a timeless constative aorist summing up all the miracles of Jesus so far.