Matthew Poole and continuators on John 11:57

57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him .

For their great Court had issued out orders for the discovery and apprehending of our Saviour, if they cou[illegible: 1 letter]d any way learn where he was. This was in pursuance of that wicked Counsel of which we read before, ver. 33. there they decreed: now they cannot rest until they bring their bloody devices to pass, for which we shall soon find God giving them an opportunity.