Matthew Poole and continuators on John 12:19

19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves , Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? Behold, the world is gone after him .

These three Verses let us know the External cause of the peoples coming to see Christ, which was the fame of the Miracle wrought by our Saviour on Lazarus: This increased the number of those who came to see his entrance into Ierusalem; but the unseen cause was doubtless the influen[illegible: 1 letter]e of God upon their hearts, directing them to it, for the further glorifying of his Son before his Passion. But this enrageth the Pharisees, to see that their Decree that those who owned Christ, should be turned out of the Synagogue, should have no better effect: but the multitude rather more owned him, and ran after him. Here again we find the term World signifying many, tho those many made up but a very small part of the World.

Marginal references: Chap. 11.47.