John 7:35

“Then said the Jews among themselves, etc.] That is, the unbelieving, scoffing Jews; it may be the officers, at least some of them, that were sent to take him: whither will he go that we shall not find him? what distant, or obscure part of the world will he betake himself to, and there hide himself, that so he cannot be found? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles? or Greeks; and so may design the Jews, who were scattered abroad in the times of the Grecian monarchy, under the successors of Alexander, and particularly Antiochus, in distinction from the Babylonish dispersion; or the strangers scattered through Pontus Galatia, etc. to whom Peter writes, (<600101>1 Peter 1:1). The…”

“Whither will he go, &c.--They cannot comprehend Him, but seem awed by the solemn grandeur of His warning. He takes no notice, however, of their questions.”

“The dispersed among the Gentiles - To the Jews scattered among the Gentiles, or living in distant parts of the earth. It is well known that at that time there were Jews dwelling in almost every land. There were multitudes in Egypt, in Asia Minor, in Greece, in Rome, etc., and in all these places they had synagogues. The question which they asked was whether he would leave an ungrateful country, and go into those distant nations and teach them. Gentiles - In the original, Greeks. All those who were not Jews were called Greeks, because they were chiefly acquainted with those pagans only who spake the Greek language. It is remarkable that Jesus returned no answer to these inquiries. He rather…”

“Will he go to the dispersed among the Greeks - The Jews scattered abroad in heathen nations, Greece particularly. Or, Will he teach the Greeks? - The heathens themselves. John 7:37”

“the dispersed: Isa 11:12, Isa 27:12, Isa 27:13; Zep 3:10; Act 21:21; Jam 1:1; Pe1 1:1 Gentiles: or, Greeks teach: Psa 67:1, Psa 67:2, Psa 98:2, Psa 98:3; Isa 11:10, Isa 49:6; Mat 12:21; Luk 2:32; Act 11:18; Act 13:46-48, Act 22:21; Eph 3:8; Col 1:27; Ti1 2:7; Ti2 1:11 John 7:36”