7:30
The authorities would actually have liked to arrest Him, but were unable to. Practical reasons could be posited as to why they could not do this at the time (fear of the crowds, what would the Romans say etc), but John points us to the ultimate reason. “His hour had not yet come”. It is God who is in control of events, and things do not happen outside His control. As I have said many times, and will continue to say, this does not mean that men are not responsible for their actions. We are responsible, but God is in charge.
7:31
“Yet many of the people believed in Him”. We are given little indication of the depth of their belief, and the way that John uses the term “believed” or “put their faith” it is difficult to be certain. However, the context would seem to imply that despite the foregoing arguments, many thought that the miracles meant that He could well be the Messiah. They could not imagine the Christ doing more miracles than Jesus was doing.
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