7:30 So then they tried to seize Jesus, 1 but no one laid a hand on him, because his time 2 had not yet come. 7:31 Yet many of the crowd 3 believed in him and said, “Whenever the Christ 4 comes, he won’t perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?” 5
1 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Grk “his hour.”
3 tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities).
4 tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).
5 tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here it is “will he?”).