New American Standard Bible 1995

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So they were seeking for Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?"

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
So therefore, then, (and) so Conj H3767 οὖν oun
Analysis:
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they were seeking to seek V-IIA-3P H2212 ἐζήτουν ezētoun
for Jesus, Jesus or Joshua, the name of the Messiah, also three other Isr. N-AMS H2424 Ἰησοῦν iēsoun
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and were saying to say H3004 ἔλεγον elegon
to one another of one another RecPro-GMP H240 ἀλλήλων allēlōn
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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as they stood to make to stand, to stand V-RPA-NMP H2476 ἑστηκότες estēkotes
in the temple, sacred, a sacred thing, a temple H2413    
"What who? which? what? IPro-NNS H5101 τί ti
do you think; to have an opinion, to seem V-PIA-3S H1380 δοκεῖ dokei
that He will not come to come, go V-ASA-3S H2064 ἔλθῃ elthē
to the feast a feast, a festival N-AFS H1859 ἑορτήν eortēn
at all?" not, no Adv H3756 οὐ ou

People

Jesus

Jesus or Joshua, the name of the Messiah, also three other Isr.  

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New American Standard Bible 1995 So they were seeking for Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?"
King James Bible So Then sought they were seeking for Jesus, and were saying to one another spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, "What do you think; What think ye, that He he will not come to the feast at all?"feast?
Berean Bible So Therefore they were seeking for Jesus, Jesus and were saying to among one another as they stood standing in the temple, "What do you think; “What does it seem to you, that He will not come to the feast at all?"feast?”
Hebrew Greek English So they were seeking for Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?"