Discovery BoxJohn 7:19 
Context7:19 Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps 1 the law! Why do you want 2 to kill me?”
John 7:32
Context7:32 The Pharisees 3 heard the crowd 4 murmuring these things about Jesus, 5 so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers 6 to arrest him. 7
1 tn Or “accomplishes”; Grk “does.”
2 tn Grk “seek.”
3 sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.
4 tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities like the Pharisees).
5 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Or “servants.” The “chief priests and Pharisees” is a comprehensive term for the groups represented in the ruling council (the Sanhedrin) as in John 7:45; 18:3; Acts 5:22, 26. As “servants” or “officers” of the Sanhedrin their representatives should be distinguished from the Levites serving as temple police (perhaps John 7:30 and 44; also John 8:20; 10:39; 19:6; Acts 4:3). Even when performing “police” duties such as here, their “officers” are doing so only as part of their general tasks (see K. H. Rengstorf, TDNT 8:540).
7 tn Grk “to seize him.” In the context of a deliberate attempt by the servants of the chief priests and Pharisees to detain Jesus, the English verb “arrest” conveys the point more effectively.
