Joh 7:44 | RWP | e4.org | Would have taken him ( ηθελον πιασα αυτον ). Imperfect active of θελω and first aorist active infinitive of πιαζω , "were wishing to seize him." See verse for a like impulse and restraint, there επεβαλεν επ' αυτον , here εβαλεν επ' αυτον (simple verb, not compound).

‏ John 7:44

Would have taken him ( ηθελον πιασα αυτον ). Imperfect active of θελω and first aorist active infinitive of πιαζω, "were wishing to seize him." See verse 30 for a like impulse and restraint, there επεβαλεν επ' αυτον, here εβαλεν επ' αυτον (simple verb, not compound).