# Then the Jews surrounded him

Here "Jews" is a synecdoche for the Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus. Alternate translation: "Then the Jewish leaders surrounded him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])

# hold us doubting

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "keep us wondering" or "keep us from knowing for sure" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])