Matthew Poole and continuators on John 7:45

45 ¶ Then came the officers to the chief Priests and Pharisees, and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him ?

Probably the Officers, Christ being amongst a multitude of the People that had an high Opinion of him, durst not adventure to Apprehend him: Some of them, as appeareth from what follows, were astonished at his Doctrine; all of them agreed to return to their Masters without him; at which they are angry, and ask them, how it came to pass, that they did not execute their Commands, in bringing Christ before them as a Malefactor, to answer what they should lay to his Charge.