They perceived that in this respect Jesus answered so perfectly to the popular conception of what the Messiah was to be, that it was quite likely He would win the multitude to belief in Him as the long-looked-for King of the Jews.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
How were they to win men to Him?
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
You're so sweet, Betty, some one might find you out and love you-just as I have-only not so deeply in love with you-no one could-but some one might come and win you away from me, and so I must make sure that you will marry me when you are of age and I come back for you.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine