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Joh_7:45-46. Οὖν ] therefore, seeing that no one, not even they themselves, had ventured to lay hands on Jesus.
οἱ ὑπηρέται ] In accordance with the orders they had received (Joh_7:32), they had kept close to Jesus, in order to apprehend Him. But the divine power and majesty of His words, which doubtless hindered the τινὲς in Joh_7:44 from laying hands on Him, made it morally impossible for the officers of justice to carry out their orders, or even to find any pretext or justification for so doing; they were overpowered. Schleiermacher, therefore, was wrong in inferring that they had received no official orders to take Him.
τοὺς ἀρχιερ . κ . Φαρ .] by the non-repetition of the article, construed as one category, i.e. as the Sanhedrim, who must be supposed to have been assembled in session. When first mentioned, Joh_7:32, both divisions are distinguished with logical emphasis. See Dissen, ad Dem. de cor. p. 373 f.
ἐκεῖνοι ] the ἀρχιερ . κ . Φαρισ .; of the nearest subject, though remote to the writer. Winer, p. 148 [E. T. p. 196], and Ast, ad Plat. Polit. p. 417; Lex Plat. pp. 658, 659.
Joh_7:46. There is a solemnity in the words ὡς οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρ ., in themselves unnecessary. “It is a weighty statement, a strong word, that they thus meekly use,” Luther. “Character veritatis etiam idiotas convincentis prae dominis eorum,” Bengel. It is self-evident that Jesus must have said more after Joh_7:32 than John has recorded.