26. “Behold, He speaketh openly, and they say nothing to Him.” They express their astonishment that the Rulers, whose hatred of our Lord they well knew, were now silent, while He was speaking freely and openly regarding them. “Have the Rulers known for a truth that this is the Christ?” These men, seeking some cause for an event so unaccountable, a change so great in the attitude of the Rulers in His regard, concluded, that they must now be convinced that He is truly the Christ, whom they hitherto
John 7:26