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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

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:24

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 sabbath day, and sought to kill him for it: but judge righteous judgment ; give your sense and judgment of things, according to the truth and evidence of them; and do not find fault with that, which you yourselves allow of, and which Moses and his law, and your own practices, justify. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:25

Then said some of them of Jerusalem ,.... Who were inhabitants of Jerusalem, and so are distinguished from the people, John 7:20 , who came up out of the country to the feast; so Jose ben Jochanan is called איש ירושלים , "a man of Jerusalem" F3 Pirke Abot, c. 1. sect. 4, 5. ; that is, an inhabitant of it: now these men living in the city, knew more of the temper and disposition, the designs and attempts, of the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, to take away the life of Christ;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:26

But lo, he speaketh boldly ,.... And with great freedom, and openly and publicly in the temple, as if he had a licence from the chief priests for so doing: and they say nothing to him ; do not contradict him, or forbid him speaking; he goes on without control; though he takes great liberty in charging the Jews with an intention to kill him, in arguing from their practices in vindication of himself, and in suggesting that they judged in favour of men, and not according to the truth of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:27

Howbeit, we know this man whence he is ,.... They signify, that if the rulers had altered their minds, and had gone into the belief of Jesus of Nazareth being the Messiah, they should not follow them in it, for this reason; because they knew from whence he came; meaning not so much the place of his birth, which they supposed was Galilee, and Nazareth in Galilee, in which they were mistaken, as the manner of his birth, which they could account for: they pretended to know his extract, that he... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:28

Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught ,.... Overhearing the reasonings of these men, however, knowing what they said; so the Persic version adds, "having secretly known this"; exalted his voice as he was teaching in the temple, and in the midst of his discourse, publicly before all the people, in the temple, spoke out with a loud voice, that all might hear: saying, ye both know me, and ye know whence I am ; some, as the Ethiopic version, read these words by way of interrogation,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:29

But I know him ,.... His nature and perfections, his purposes and promises, his council and covenant, his mind and will; and indeed none knows him but he, and those to whom he pleases to reveal him; and there is good reason why he should have intimate and perfect knowledge of him: for I am from him ; being the only begotten of him, and as such lay in his bosom, and knew him, and his whole heart, and was privy to all of him, and that that is within him; and he hath sent me ; in an... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:30

Then they sought to take him ,.... By force, and carry him before the sanhedrim, in order to be tried and condemned as a blasphemer, being enraged to hear him claim a descent from God, whom they took to be a mere man, the son of Joseph the carpenter: but no man laid hands on him ; though they had a good will to it, they had no power to do it, being restrained by the, secret providence of God from it, and awed by the majesty of Christ, which showed itself in his looks and words; and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:31

And many of the people believed on him ,.... Whilst some were displeased at his doctrine, others were induced by his miracles to believe on him, as an extraordinary person, if not the Messiah; and these were the common people, especially those that came out of the country; for the city Jews, and above all the rulers, were very averse to him: and it is easy to observe, that faith in Christ, and true religion, spread and flourish most among the meaner sort of people. And said, when Christ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:32

The Pharisees heard that the people murmured ,.... Or whispered, privately talked among themselves: such things concerning him ; as that surely he must be the Messiah, since such wonderful things were done by him, and might also express some uneasiness and surprise, that the rulers did not receive him as such: and the Pharisees, and the chief priests, sent officers to take him : and bring him before the sanhedrim, by them to be condemned, and so a stop be put to the people's... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:32

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