But it soon became apparent that the crowds who followed Him misunderstood or wilfully ignored His purpose.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
The prisoner, sitting beside his counsel, had taken less and less interest in the proceedings, and the crowds, who had at first filled the court room, had also lost interest and had drifted off about their own affairs until the real business of the taking of testimony should come on, till, at the close of the second day, the court room was almost empty of visitors.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Everywhere I went crowds pressed about me.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook