At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

In this chapter of John there are many groups of people referred to; of them are the following:

  1. The Jews = the leaders of the Jewish nation; the enemies of Jesus. (verse  #1)
  2.  The people or multitude. The pilgrim crowds from the far reaches of the world; they know little of Jesus or the plot against Him, but they are willing to believe on Him. (#31)
  3.  The inhabitants of Jerusalem; they were not part of the plot against Him, but they knew about it. (in this verse)