{He was teaching} ((886e) didask(936e)). Periphrastic imperfect.
{Daily} (	o kath' h(886d)eran). Note the accusative neuter article,
"as to the according to the day," very awkward English surely,
but perfectly good Greek. The same idiom occurs in  11:3 .
{Sought} (ez(8874)oun). Imperfect active, conative imperfect, were
seeking, trying to seek. {The principal men of the people} (hoi
pr(9374)oi tou laou). The first men of the people. The position
after the verb and apart from the chief priests and the scribes
calls special attention to them. Some of these "first men" were
chief priests or scribes, but not all of them. The lights and
leaders of Jerusalem were bent on the destruction (apolesai) of
Jesus. The raising of Lazarus from the dead brought them together
for this action ( Joh 11:47-53  12:9-11 ).