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Verse 24. _JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE_] Attend to the law,
not merely in the _letter_, but in its _spirit_ and _design_. Learn
that the law which commands men to rest on the Sabbath day is...
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JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE - Not as a thing first offers
itself to you, without reflection or candor. In appearance, to
circumcise a child on the Sabbath might be a violation of the law; ye...
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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. ...
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THE SECRET VISIT. Soon, however, He receives the Divine intimation,
for which He always waits (_cf. John 2:4_, John 11:6 f.) and goes up
secretly. The Jews are discussing Him, and various opinions are...
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JUDGE WITH RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT.
They judged by "appearances" when they condemned Christ for healing on
the Sabbath, and forgot the eternal principles of righteousness.
Sometimes one law is broken in o...
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NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
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"Did not Moses give you the law--and not one of you really keeps it?
Why do you try to kill me?" The crowd answered: "You are mad! Who is
trying to kill you?" Jesus answered them: "I have done only on...
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JUDGE. See note on John 5:22 and App-122.
NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. according to. Greek. _kata._ App-104.
APPEARANCE. sight; i.e. objective or outward appearance.
JUDGE... JUDGMENT. Figure of spee...
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The Discourse at the Feast of Tabernacles
Of this section John 7:10 form a sort of introduction.
"An equal degree of authenticity belongs to the verses which follow,
10 15. The whispered enquiries an...
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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...
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The remark made on the Jews" question in John 7:15 applies also to
their questions and comments throughout this dialogue. They are too
exactly in keeping with what we know of the Jews in our Lord's da...
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_according to the appearance_ -According to the appearance" Christ's
act was a breach of the Sabbath. This is almost certainly the meaning,
although the word translated -appearance" may mean -face," a...
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ΚΑΤ' ὌΨΙΝ. _According to appearance_ Christ’s act was a
breach of the Sabbath. ὄψις may mean ‘face,’ as in John 11:44
(see note there); but there is no reference to Christ’s having ‘no
form nor comeli...
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14–39. We have (1) a discourse in the midst of the Feast in which
three groups take part; ‘the Jews’ (14–24); some of the people
of Jerusalem (25–31); the envoys of the Sanhedrin (32–36): (2) a
discou...
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THE DISCOURSES AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES
Of this section John 7:10-13 are introductory....
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Ver 19. Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keep the
law? Why go you about to kill me? 20. The people answered and said,
You have devil: who goes about to kill you? 21. Jesus answered...
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_IS THIS JESUS THE CHRIST? -- JOHN 7:24-36:_ The people wanted to kill
Jesus but they said nothing when face to face with Him. He spoke
openly and boldly and no one did anything to stop Him. If they c...
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_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...
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ΚΡΊΝΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919)
судить. _Praes. imper._ с отр. указывает на
прекращение текущего действия,
ΌΨΙΣ (G3799) наружность. Они должны были
понять истинную природу вещей....
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JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE,— There may be many wrong
judgments of the same matter; but the right can be but one: therefore
the latter clause should be rendered, _But make the right
judgment...
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THE OLD SABBATH CONTROVERSY RENEWED
_Text 7:14-53_
14
But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the
temple, and taught.
15
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth thi...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 7:14-31
Below is an outline Analysis of the passage which is to be before
us:—
In the last chapter we discussed the first thirteen verses of John 7,
from which...
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Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE, BUT JUDGE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT -
`Rise above the letter into the spirit of the law.'...
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16 Here we have the test of a true teacher. The greatest of all
Teachers could easily have formulated a philosophy of His own before
which all the wisdom of the ages would sink into insignificance. He...
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7:24 judge (e-7) Aorist, and with the article. Lit. 'have judged the
righteous judgment.'...
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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...
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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...
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JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE. — He has put the case before
them in its true light, I and from their own point of view. There was
another Positive Precept of Moses which these judges were forg...
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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...
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_He teaches, and discussions regarding Him are evoked_. John 7:37
-end. _His manifestation on the last day of the Feast, and the
consequent action of the Sanhedrim_.
John 7:14-36. _The teaching of Jes...
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HOW TO KNOW THE TRUTH OF JESUS' WORD
John 7:14-24
Jesus now went up to the feast, not because he was prompted by the
worldly policy suggested by His brethren, but because He was led by
His Father's...
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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...
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(9) Judge not (g) according to the appearance, but judge righteous
judgment.
(9) We must judge according to the truth of things, lest men turn us
from the truth and carry us away.
(g) By the show th...
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RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT
John 7:24-31. _“Judge not according to sight.”_ The verb here is
in the perpetual present, setting forth human proneness to judge
people from the outward appearance. _“But judge rig...
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ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
Vv. 14-24.
1. There is, apparently, an abrupt turn in the narrative at John 7:14,
if we look only at the outward form of the story. But, when the
following ve...
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II. DURING THE FEAST: 7:14-36.
The first agitation had subsided; every one was quietly attending to
the celebration of the feast, when all at once Jesus appears in the
temple and sets Himself to the...
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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...
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VER. 24. “ _Judge not according to the appearance; but pronounce the
judgment which is in accordance with righteousness._ ”
῎Οψις, _sight_, hence _appearance_, designates here the external
and purely...
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But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the
feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. (11) Then the Jews sought
him at the feast, and said, Where is he? (12) And there was muc...
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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...
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24._Judege not according to the appearance. _Having concluded his
defense, he likewise administers a reproof on this ground, that they
are carried away by wicked dispositions, and do not form _a judgm...
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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...
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JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE,.... Or through respect of
persons, and so as to please men, the Scribes and Pharisees; who had
condemned the action of Christ, in curing the diseased man on the...
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Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Ver. 24. _Judge not according to the appearance_] Nothing is more
ordinary with many than to precipitate a censure, to exercise th...
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_Jesus answered, I have done one_ good _work, and ye all marvel_ I
have done a miracle of an extraordinary kind on the sabbath day, an
action which ye think inconsistent with the character of a good m...
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ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE; according to the outward letter of an
act. He still refers to the charge of breaking the Sabbath. Judged by
the outward letter, the circumcising or healing of a man on the...
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A reference to the healing of the sick man:...
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JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE, BUT JUDGE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT.
The remarks of Jesus were directed principally to the leaders of the
Jews, some of whom were always present whenever He taught. The...
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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...
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14-24 Every faithful minister may humbly adopt Christ's words. His
doctrine is not his own finding out, but is from God's word, through
the teaching of his Spirit. And amidst the disputes which distu...
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Do not judge persons, and condemn me for what I have done, merely out
of your hatred, prejudice, and malice against me. Or, do not judge
according to the first appearance of this fact. It looketh to y...
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Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II
But it is the duty of the bishop to judge rightly, as it is written,
"Judge righteous judgment; "[179]...
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‘Do not judge by appearances, but judge righteous judgment'.
Jesus acknowledged their right to judge, but stressed that it was
incumbent on them to ensure that their judgment was righteous, and not
su...
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JESUS TEACHES OPENLY IN THE TEMPLE AND PLEADS FOR RIGHT JUDGMENT (JOHN
7:14).
But whilst Jesus was taking every precaution He knew that He could not
allow His own safety to hinder the proclamation of...
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John 7:24. JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE, BUT JUDGE RIGHTEOUS
JUDGMENT. Righteously had they judged in regard to themselves. So let
them judge His work, and they will see that, where they had...
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In this section Jesus appears at the feast to which He went up when
His Father's, and therefore His own, hour was come. The opportunity
afforded by it of teaching is embraced, and we are presented wit...
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ACCORDING TO APPEARANCE
(κατ' οψιν). And so, superficially. See John 11:44. Also not
"righteous" (δικαιαν) judgment....
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RIGHTEOUS
(_ See Scofield) - (1 John 3:7). _...
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John 7:24
I. Are we to judge men according to the appearance of their life?
There is a general social judgment which we must give. We look upon a
man's outer life, and pass a sentence on it, either of...
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John 7:14. _Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the
temple, and taught._
He was no coward, so he boldly showed himself in the midst of the
throng in the temple.
John 7:15. _And the J...
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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...
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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...
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YOU WILL CIRCUMCISE A BOY ON THE SABBATH. His reasoning goes like
this: "You are angry with me because I healed a man on the Sabbath;
yet you yourself violate the Sabbath to circumcise a boy when the...
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_Did not Moses give you the law?_
MURDER IN DESIRE
The desire to kill Christ
I. WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR RELIGIOUS PROFESSION. They professedly
believed in Moses, and esteemed him highly. But th...
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LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE
Judge not according to appearance. John 7:24.
Late one evening a traveler came to an American inn. “I can't let
you in here,” said the innkeeper. “You are suffering from som...
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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....
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_Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment._ He
charges the Jews with acceptance of persons, in acquitting Moses, or
rather themselves, in a like matter, but accusing and condemn...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 7:14. NOW ABOUT THE MIDST, ETC.—The middle of the feast, or
“the lesser feast.” It was the fourth day of the feast most
likely. TAUGHT.—For the first time (of whi...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 1:16; Deuteronomy 1:17; Deuteronomy 16:18; Deuteronomy
16:19;...
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Appearance [ο ψ ι ν]. Primarily, seeing or sight. In John 11:44;
Revelation 1:16, face, and hence external appearance. The word occurs
only in the three passages cited.
Righteous judgment (thn dikaia...
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From the foregoing argument, Christ draws an inference or conclusion,
That there is no making. judgment according to the first appearance of
things: and that suddenness or rashness, prejudice or parti...