요한복음 7:16-23 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:23

If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision ,.... As it was certain in many instances he did: that the law of Moses might not be broken ; either the law concerning circumcision, which confirmed the law given to Abraham, and required it should be on the eighth day, let it fall when it would, even on a sabbath day; and therefore on that day, male children received circumcision, that that law might be kept, and not be broken: or else the law concerning the sabbath; and the sense be, if... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:16

My doctrine is not mine - Our blessed Lord, in the character of Messiah, might as well say, My doctrine is not mine, as an ambassador might say, I speak not my own words, but his who sent me: and he speaks these words to draw the attention of the Jews from the teaching of man to the teaching of God; and to show them that he was the promised Messiah, the very person on whom, according to the prophet, ( Isaiah 11:2 ;), the Spirit of Jehovah - the Spirit of wisdom, counsel, understanding,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:17

If any man wilt do his will, etc. - I will give you a sure rule by which ye may judge of my doctrine: If you really wish to do the will of God, begin the practice of it; and take my doctrine, and apply it to all that you know God requires of man; and if you find one of my precepts contrary to the nature, perfections, and glory of God, or to the present or eternal welfare of men, then ye shall be at liberty to assert that my doctrine is human and erroneous, and God has not sent me. But if, on... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:18

He that speaketh of himself, etc. - I will give you another rule, whereby you shall know whether I am from God or not: If I speak so as to procure my own glory, to gratify vanity, or to secure and promote my secular interests, then reject me as a deceiver and as a false prophet. But if I act only to promote the glory of God, to induce all men to love and obey him; if I propose nothing but what leads to the perfection of his law, and the accomplishment of its ordinances, you cannot help... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:19

Did not Moses give you the law, etc. - The scribes and Pharisees announced our Lord to the multitude as a deceiver; and they grounded their calumny on this, that he was not an exact observer of the law, for he had healed a man on the Sabbath day, John 5:9 , John 5:10 ; and consequently must be a false prophet. Now they insinuated, that the interests of religion required him to be put to death: As a violator of the law; and, as a false prophet and deceiver of the people. To destroy... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:20

Thou hast a devil - The crowd, who made this answer, were not in the secret of the chief priests. They could not suppose that any person desired to put him to death for healing a diseased man; and therefore, in their brutish manner, they say, Thou hast a demon - thou art beside thyself, and slanderest the people, for none of them desires to put thee to death. The Codex Cyprius (K), four others, and the margin of the later Syriac, attribute this answer to the Jews, i.e. those who were seeking... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:21

I have done one work - That of curing the impotent man, already referred to. See John 5:9 . And ye all marvel - or, ye all marvel because of this. Some have δια τουτο , in connection with θαυμαζετε , which the common pointing makes the beginning of the next verse, and which, in our common version, is translated therefore; but this word conveys no meaning at all, in the connection in which it is thus placed. Proof of this construction Kypke gives from Themistius, Strabo, and Aelian.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:22

But of the fathers - That is, it came from the patriarchs. Circumcision was not, properly speaking, one of the laws of the Mosaic institution, it having been given at first to Abraham, and continued among his posterity till the giving of the law: Genesis 17:9 , Genesis 17:10 , etc. Ye - circumcise a man - That is, a male child: for every male child was circumcised when eight days old; and if the eighth day after its birth happened to be a Sabbath, it was nevertheless circumcised,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:23

Every whit whole - The law of circumcision required the removal of a small portion of flesh, which was considered a blot and reproach among the Hebrews, because it confounded them with the nations who were not in covenant with God. Christ, to this, opposes the complete cure of the infirm man, who was diseased throughout his whole body: if the one was permitted on the Sabbath day, for the reason already alleged, surely the other had stronger reasons to recommend it. Some think that the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:16

Verse 16 16.My doctrine is not mine. Christ shows that this circumstance, which was an offense to the Jews, was rather a ladder by which they ought to have risen higher to perceive the glory of God; as if he had said, “When you see a teacher not trained in the school of men, know that I have been taught by God.” For the reason why the Heavenly Father determined that his Son should go out of a mechanic’s workshop, rather than from the schools of the scribes, was, that the origin of the Gospel... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:16

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