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John
  
31Yet many of the people believed in him; they said, "When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?"32The Pharisees heard the crowd thus muttering about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.


Despite the strained conditions in Jerusalem, many began to believe in the power working in Jesus. They said, "Perhaps he is the Messiah; for he has performed mighty signs, so that the less extreme were made to think and trust in him. We see that Jesus had his followers even in the Capital."
When the Pharisees realized, thanks to their spies, that revival had begun among the people, and his movement was taking root in Jerusalem, they were vexed and strove to co-operate with their opposing party, the priests and Sadducees. This was to prod those responsible for the temple into banning Jesus. The high priests agreed in this and condescended to work with the Pharisees in arresting Jesus.
The Lord’s angels were around the divine teacher in the temple court, and prevented the servants from carrying out the orders of their superiors. Jesus saw these servants approaching, but did not run away, rather he revealed his glory, which the evangelist recorded for us as a prediction of God’s saving plan.