John 12:12
Douay-Rheims
And on the next day, a great multitude that was to come to the festival day, when they had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
John Chrysostom
(Hom. lxvi. 2) The world means here the crowd. This seems to be the speech of that part who were sound in their faith, but dared not profess it. They try to deter the rest by exposing the insuperable difficulties they would have to contend with.
Source details
A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 12:12-19
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.