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Early in the morning (orthrou). Genitive of time, orthros meaning daybreak, old word, not in John, though in Luk 24:1; Act 5:21. John uses prōi (Joh 18:28; Joh 20:1; Joh 21:4).
He came again into the temple (palin paregeneto eis to hieron). If the paragraph is genuine, the time is the next day after the eighth and last day of the feast. If not genuine, there is no way of telling the time of this apparently true incident.
And all the people came unto him (kai pās ho laos ērcheto pros auton). Imperfect middle of erchomai picturing the enthusiasm of the whole (pas) crowd now as opposed to the divisions in chapter 7.
Taught (edidasken). Imperfect active of didaskō. He took his seat (kathisas, ingressive active participle of kathizō) as was customary for Jesus and began to teach (inchoative imperfect). So the picture.