Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
John 7:1-9
THE CONTROVERSY WITH HIS BRETHREN
THE CONTROVERSY WITH HIS BRETHREN
JOHN 7:1 h;qelen {A} Although it can be argued that, in view of John’s usage elsewhere of e;cein evxousi,an, meaning “to be able” ( John 10:18, twice; compare...
CHAPTER VII. _Jesus continues in Galilee_, 1. _He is desired to go to the feast of tabernacles_, 2-5. _His answer_, 6-9. _He goes up, and the Jews seek him at the feast_, 10-13. _He teaches in th...
AFTER THESE THINGS - After the transactions which are recorded in the last chapters had taken place, and after the offence he had given the Jews. See John 5:18. JESUS WALKED - Or Jesus lived, or taug...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. My Time is not Yet Come. (John 7:1 .)_ 2. Departure from Galilee; Sought by the Jews. (John 7:10 .) 3. In the Temple Teaching. (John 7:14 .) 4. Opposition to Him. ...
JOHN 7. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. John 7:1. The Remonstrance of the Brethren. This incident is often now used to support the view that in the original draft of the gospel no visit to Jerusalem before...
AFTER THESE THINGS. After the discourse in the synagogue at Capernaum. The report of "the Jews" to the authorities at Jerusalem had intensified the enmity that had been created when the man at the po...
After these things Jesus moved about in Galilee, for he did not wish to move about in Judaea, because the Jews were out to kill him. The festival of the Jews which is called the Festival of Tabernacle...
NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
AFTER THESE THINGS. See note on John 6:1. Marking. new subject. JESUS. See App-98. WALKED. was walking. Greek. _peripateo._ Compare John 6:18. IN. Greek. _en._ App-104. GALILEE. App-169. WOULD NOT...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
The controversy with His brethren 1. _After these things_ The interval is again vague (see introductory note to chap. 6); but comparing John 4:4 with John 7:2 we see that it covers about five months,...
Ver 1. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. 2. Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. 3. His brethren therefore sai...
_JESUS ATTENDED THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES -- JOHN 7:1-24:_ Jesus kept away from the Jews who were seeking to kill Him by remaining in Galilee. The time came for the Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus quietly...
ΠΕΡΙΕΠΆΤΕΙ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΈΩ (G4043) идти, вести образ жизни, проводить время. _Impf._ привычного действия (Barrett), ΉΘΕΛΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΘΈΛΩ (G2309) желать, хотеть, с _inf._ Π...
AFTER THESE THINGS— That is, after the miracle of the loaves, and the conversation in the synagogue at Capernaum. Sir Isaac Newton thinks, that these words intimate that our Lord did not celebrate the...
ADVICE OF HIS UNBELIEVING BRETHREN _Text 7:1-9_ 1 And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. 2 Now the feast of the Jews,...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 7:1-13 Below we give a rough Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— John 7 begins a new section of this fourth Gospel. Our Lord’s ministry in Galile...
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. AFTER THESE THINGS - that is, all that is recorded after the discourse of John 5:19...
56 Just as Nicodemus failed to see the figure when our Lord spoke to him about the new birth, so now His followers fail to understand when He speaks of feeding on His flesh and blood. There is a subtl...
TO KILL] see John 5:18....
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES John 7:1 to John 10:21. Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, October, 28 a.d. After the discourse of John 6, delivered just before Passover 28 a.d., Jesus did not go up to Jeru...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 7 JESUS AND HIS BROTHERS 7:1-9 V1 After this, Jesus stayed in *Galilee. He travelled from village to village. He decide...
AFTER THESE THINGS... — Denoting not immediate sequence, but covering the interval included in this verse — _i.e.,_ the Galilean ministry of Matthew 15-18. (Comp. Note on John 21:1.) It would have bee...
CHAPTER 16 JESUS DISCUSSED IN JERUSALEM. “And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for He would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of...
Having described the crisis in Galilee the evangelist proceeds to describe the various opinions and discussions held regarding Jesus in Jerusalem. See Sanday, p. 144. In chap. 6, a Passover was said t...
_The circumstances of His visit to Jerusalem_....
KNOWN BY OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD JESUS John 7:1-13 This feast was celebrated in October. Six entire months had elapsed between this and the preceding chapter. During the Feast of Tabernacles the people d...
So far, John has recorded incidents in the first year of our Lord's ministry. We now come to a comparatively brief section in which he records happenings happenings in the central and crowded two year...
THIRD SECTION: 7:1-8:59. THE STRIFE AT ITS HIGHEST STAGE OF INTENSITY AT JERUSALEM. Seven months had elapsed without any appearance of Jesus at Jerusalem. The exasperation of the rulers, whose murdero...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 1-13. 1. The history now moves forward over a period of six months to the Feast of Tabernacles in October. Nothing can be more manifest than the combinati...
VER. 1. “ _And after this_, _Jesus continued to sojourn in Galilee: for he would not sojourn in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to put Him to death._ ” The situation described in this first verse...
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. (2) Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. (3) His brethren therefore said unt...
CONTENTS Jesus keepeth the Feast of Tabernacles. He teacheth in the Temple. The Scribes and Pharisees are more and more enraged at him....
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
1._Jesus walked in Galilee. _The Evangelist appears not to pursue a continued narrative, but to select out of what occurred at different times those events which were worthy of being related. He says...
In chapter 7 His brethren after the flesh, still sunk in unbelief, would have Him shew Himself to the world, if He did these great things; but the time for this was not yet come. At the fulfilment of...
AFTER THESE THINGS JESUS WALKED IN GALILEE,.... That is, after he had fed the five thousand with five loaves and two fishes, near Bethsaida; and had had that long discourse with the Jews at Capernaum,...
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. Ver. 1. _For he would not walk in Jewry_] The Roman rule in battle was, _Nec fugere, n...
_After these things_ That is, after he had miraculously fed the five thousand, walked on the sea to his disciples, and discoursed with the multitude concerning the bread of life, as is recorded in the...
JEWRY; Judea....
AFTER THESE THINGS JESUS WALKED IN GALILEE; FOR HE WOULD NOT WALK IN JEWRY, BECAUSE THE JEWS SOUGHT TO KILL HIM....
THE UNBELIEF OF CHRIST'S RELATIVES. The sneers of unbelief:...
HIS BROTHERS UNBELIEVING (vs.1-9) The Lord continued for a time in Galilee. He would not then return to Judea because of the Jews' murderous intentions. This was certainly not fear, but sober, lowly...
1-13 The brethren or kinsmen of Jesus were disgusted, when they found there was no prospect of worldly advantages from him. Ungodly men sometimes undertake to counsel those employed in the work of Go...
JOHN CHAPTER 7 1 THESSALONIANS 7:1 Jesus, exhorted by his unbelieving kinsmen to show himself at Jerusalem at the feast of tabernacles, refuseth, but afterwards goeth up in secret. 1 THESSALONIANS 7:1...
John 7:1 G2532 After G3326 things G5023 Jesus G2424 walked G4043 (G5707) in G1722 Galilee G1056 for...
JESUS IN DANGER (JOHN 7:1). It is now made clear that at this stage Jesus was under constant threat of death from the authorities in Judea and Jerusalem, so much so that He was unable to go there open...
‘And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judea because the Judaisers sought to kill him.' ‘After these things'. A loose connecting phrase indicating a change of narra...
The same line of thought as that which we have found in the two previous Chapter s is continued in that before us. He who is the Fulfiller of the Sabbath and of the Passover is the Fulfiller also of t...
John 7:1. AND AFTER THESE THINGS JESUS WALKED IN GALILEE: FOR HE WOULD NOT WALK IN JUDEA, BECAUSE THE JEWS SOUGHT TO KILL HIM. The events of chap. 6 belonged to the period of the Passover; chap. 7 is...
AFTER THESE THINGS (μετα ταυτα). John's favourite general note of the order of events. Bernard conceives that the events in John 7:1-14 follow John 7:15-24 and both follow chapter 5, not chapter 6,...
John 7:1. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. His brethren therefore said u...
CONTENTS: Jesus urged to go to the feast. His final departure from Galilee. Jesus at the feast of tabernacles. Prophecy concerning the Holy Spirit. CHARACTERS: God. Jesus, Holy Spirit, disciples, bro...
John 7:1. _He would not walk in Jewry,_ or Judea, _because the jews sought to kill him._ Herod had recently beheaded John, pleading the magnitude of his auditories; now, the jews magnified the same pl...
AFTER THIS, JESUS TRAVELED IN GALILEE. After the events of the last chapter. About six months time passed between the feeding of the Five Thousand and the Feast of Tabernacles....
_After these things Jesus walked in Galilee._ THE SITUATION SURVEYED I. THE SCENE IN GALILEE: the attitude of Christ’s brethren. 1. The counsel they offered. That Christ should repair to the centre...
CHAPTER 7 _But after this Jesus walked in Galilee_, &c. Not immediately, but about six months after. The incidents of the former chapter took place in March, the feast of tabernacles was in September....
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 7:1. JEWRY.—_i.e._ Judæa. KILL HIM.—See John 5:18. John 7:2. FEAST OF TABERNACLES.—Fifteenth day of seventh month, Tisri (September–October). See Homiletic Notes...
EXPOSITION Ch. 7-10. contain the record of the conflict between faith and unbelief in the metropolis. At first the narrative indicates a vast amount of critical inquiry, of unsettled opinion, of angry...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the seventh chapter of the gospel according to John. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him...
Acts 10:38; John 10:39; John 10:40; John 11:54; John 4:3;...
The Jews ' feast of tabernacles. The Rev. brings out the defining force of the two articles : the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles. This feast occurred in the early autumn (September or ear...
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee — That is, continued there, for some months after the second passover. For he would not walk — Continue in Judea; because the Jews — Those of them who did no...
Why did Jesus fear death and yet tell His disciples not to do so? PROBLEM: John informs us here that “Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Hi...
Our blessed Saviour knowing that the rage of the chief priests and Pharisees in Judea and at Jerusalem, was grown to that height, that they were resolved to kill him; to avoid their fury, he resolves...