<p>12:17 <i>The crowd that was with him, when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, made testimony</i>- As noted on :12, I would say that the Lord psychologically orchestrated the flow of events which would lead to His death. &quot;The crowd&quot; who were the basis of His triumphal entry, who were stirred up in wanting Him to &quot;save now&quot; &quot;Hosanna&quot;, were the crowd who had been motivated by their experience of Lazarus' amazing resurrection. It was their manic enthusiasm which led the Jews to panic and seek to murder the Lord at all costs. When their expectations were dashed by the whole style of the triumphal entry, this same crowd then turned violently and disappointedly against the Lord, and this fitted in perfectly with the Jewish plot to kill the Lord without problems from the masses. Yet the whole thing was orchestrated by the Lord- for He gave His life, when and how He wished; it was not taken from Him (see on 10:17,18).</p>