8‐10. Christ here seems to say that He will not go up to Jerusalem for the feast, and yet He went. Various answers to this difficulty have been given:—(1) Many ancient MSS. and versions, instead of “Non (οὐκ) ascendo” read “_Nondum_ (οὔπω) ascendo;” _i.e._, I go not up _yet_. However, as this is the easier reading to explain, and as the other is equally well supported by ancient authority, we are inclined to believe that the more difficult (οὐκ) is the true reading. Hence (2) others say that our Lord used an ambiguous phrase: I go not up, meaning I go not up _now_ (but shall go afterwards). (3) The correct explanation seems to be that insinuated by our Evangelist. Christ said: I go not up (as you desire, in your company, and publicly); then when He went up, it was not publicly, but, as it were, in secret. 11. Iudaei ergo quaerebant eum 11. The Jews therefore sought in die festo, et dicebant: Ubi him on the festival day and est ille? said: Where is he? 11. The leaders of the Jews seek Him at the feast, but, through contempt, do not name Him. 12. Et murmur multum erat in 12. And there was much turba de eo. Quidam enim murmuring among the multitude dicebant: Quia bonus est. Alii concerning him. For some said: autem dicebant: Non, sed He is a good man. And others seducit turbas. said: No, but he seduceth the people. 13. Nemo tamen palam 13. Yet no man spoke openly of loquebatur de illo, propter him, for fear of the Jews. metum Iudaeorum. 13. *Openly* (_palam_) does not fully express the force of the Greek word, which seems to mean here _with open approval_. 14. Iam autem die festo 14. Now about the midst of the mediante, ascendit Iesus in feast, Jesus went up into the templum, et docebat. temple, and taught. 14. The festival lasted for eight days, so that this would be the fourth or fifth day. 15. Et mirabantur Iudaei, 15. And the Jews wondered, dicentes: Quomodo hic litteras saying: How doth this man know scit, cum non didicerit? letters, having never learned? 15. From this verse it is plain that Christ had never attended any of the Jewish schools, where the _Scriptures_ (γράμματα) were explained. 16. Respondit eis Iesus, et 16. Jesus answered them and dixit: Mea doctrina non est said: My doctrine is not mine, mea, sed eius qui misit me. but his that sent me. 16. The sense is: The doctrine I preach has not been excogitated by Me; I have received it from My Father. As man, Christ had received His knowledge through the beatific vision, and by infusion into His human soul, and as God, He had received it from the Father from all eternity.