John 7:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 7:1

John 7:1. 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 preceding chapter; Jesus walked in Galilee That is, continued there, and instructed his disciples for some months after the second passover; for he would not walk in Jewry Would not continue in Judea; because the Jews Those of them who did not believe in him, and in particular... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 7:1-13

IN JERUSALEM FOR JEWISH FESTIVALS85. Family opposition (John 7:1-13)At one stage of his ministry Jesus spent time in Jerusalem attending some annual Jewish festivals. The first of these was the Feast of Tabernacles (GNB: Festival of Shelters), when Jews lived in temporary shelters in memory of the time their ancestors dwelt in the wilderness. It also marked the end of the agricultural year, when all the produce of the land had been gathered in and the people rejoiced in thanksgiving to God... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 7:1

After these things. See note on John 6:1 . Marking a 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 walk = did not desire ( App-102 .) to walk. Note the two verbs. not. Greek. ou. App-105 . Jewry. Greek. Ioudaia. In Middle Eng. Jewerie, from the Old French Juierie = "Jewry", a Jews' district. Occurs elsewhere only in Daniel 5:13 . the Jews, i.e. the hostile party. See note on John... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 7:1

John 7-10 record the great controversy that raged around the name of Jesus during the last six months of his ministry. It was October, at the beginning of this chapter, a full six months having elapsed since the tremendous events of chapter 6; and, during that intervening period, the Lord had continued his work in Galilee, beyond the reach of his enemies in Jerusalem. The synoptics reveal that in this same interim, the Lord had repeatedly schooled his disciples concerning the approaching... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 7:1

John 7:1. 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 third passover at Jerusalem, (see ch. John 6:4.) and it must be owned that the evangelists do not say expressly that Jesus went up to it; nevertheless, if we may judge from the religious regard which he constantly shewed to all the divine institutions, and from his behaviour on other... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 7:1

1, 2. After these things—that is, all that is recorded after :-. walked in Galilee—continuing His labors there, instead of going to Judea, as might have been expected. sought to kill him—referring back to John 5:18. Hence it appears that our Lord did not attend the Passover mentioned in John 6:4 —being the third since His ministry began, if the feast mentioned in John 6:4- : was a Passover. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 7:1

Opposition to Jesus had by now become so strong, particularly in Judea, that He chose to stay and minister around Galilee. This is a brief reference to Jesus’ later Galilean ministry that the Synoptics describe more fully. The Jewish leaders were continuing to lay plans for Jesus’ execution (cf. John 5:18). John noted their increasing hostility here and in the following chapters (cf. John 7:19; John 7:30; John 7:32; John 7:44; John 8:59; John 10:39; John 11:8; John 11:53). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 7:1-9

The response of the Jews 7:1-9"John 7 has three time divisions: before the feast (John 7:1-10), in the midst of the feast (John 7:11-36), and on the last day of the feast (John 7:37-52). The responses during each of those periods can be characterized by three words: disbelief, debate, and division." [Note: Ibid., p. 314.] This section relates the reaction of another significant group of people to Jesus. They were the Jews generally, including Jesus’ brothers. The section also prepares the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:1-53

The Feast of TabernaclesJohn 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 Jerusalem (John 7:1), but devoted Himself for five or six months to active work in various parts of Galilee, of which St. John says nothing. At the close of this period He visited the country of Tyre and Sidon (Mark 7:24), made a tour through Decapolis, where He fed the 4,000 (Mark 8:1), retired to... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 7:1

(1) 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 been natural for Him to have gone up to the Passover of that year (John 6:4), but He did not do so on account of the open hostility of the Jews. He continued his sojourn in Galilee. Jewry was frequent in the older English translations, but has been preserved in the Authorised version of the New... read more

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