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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:43

So there was a division among the people concerning him. Some, though they did not go so far as to believe him to be the Messiah, yet took him to be a prophet, and a very extraordinary one; others made no difficulty to assert him to be the Christ; and others objected to it on account of the country from whence he came, and so fulfilled the words of Christ, Luke 12:51 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:44

And some of them would have taken him ,.... Some of the latter sort, who did not believe he was the Messiah; who were the most averse to him, and hot and furious against him; these were for seizing him at once in a violent manner, and for carrying him before the sanhedrim, as an impostor and blasphemer to be examined and tried, and judged by them, to whom it belonged to judge and determine concerning such persons: but no man laid hands on him ; though they had a good will to it, no man... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:45

Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees ,.... Who were assembled together in council, as the great sanhedrim of the nation; who were sitting and expecting Jesus to be brought before them. The same officers they sent to take him, John 7:32 , returned to them without him; for though they were sent on that errand which they intended to have performed, yet they were not on the side of those who were for seizing him by force, nor of those who objected to his being the Messiah;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:46

The officers answered ,.... Very honestly and uprightly, making use of no shifts and excuses; as that they could not find him, or could not come at him, because of the multitude about him, or that they were afraid of the people, lest they should rise upon them, and stone them, and rescue Jesus; which would have carried a show of probability, and have brought them off; but they tell the naked truth, never man spake like this man ; not Moses, the spokesman of the people of Israel; nor... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:47

Then answered them the Pharisees, are ye also deceived? As well as the common people; you that have been so long in our service, and should know better; or who, at least, should have taken the sense of your superiors, and should have waited to have had their opinion and judgment of him, and been determined by that, and not so hastily have joined with a deluded set of people. It was the common character of Christ, and his apostles, and so of all his faithful ministers in all succeeding ages,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:48

Have any of the rulers ,.... In the sanhedrim, or of the synagogues; or the civil magistrates, the noble, rich, and wealthy: or of the Pharisees, believed on him ; men famous for wisdom, learning, and holiness. It must be owned, there were but very few of this sort, and perhaps not an instance of this kind had as yet occurred to them; there was Nicodemus, who is mentioned in the context, who was both a ruler and a Pharisee; and Joseph of Arimathea, a rich counsellor; but they neither of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:49

But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. With great contempt they style the followers of Jesus "this people"; the common people, the dregs of them, the refuse of the earth; and whom they call, עם הארץ , "the people of the earth", in distinction from the wise men, and their disciples: and when they speak the best of them, their account is this F16 Maimon. in Pirke Abot, c. 2. sect. 5. & c. 5. sect. 7. ; "one of the people of the earth is one that has moral... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:50

Nicodemus saith unto them ,.... To the Jewish sanhedrim, who were running down Christ, and his followers, in great wrath and fury: he that came to Jesus by night ; see John 3:1 ; being one of them ; a member of the sanhedrim. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:51

Doth our law judge any man ,.... Or condemn any man; or can any man be lawfully condemned: before it hear him : what he has to say for himself; is this the usual process in our courts? or is this a legal one to condemn a man unheard? and know what he doth ? what his crimes are. This he said, having a secret respect for Christ, though he had not courage enough openly to appear for him. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:52

They answered and said unto him ,.... Being displeased with him, and as reproaching him, though they could not deny, or refute what he said: art thou also of Galilee ? a follower of Jesus of Galilee, whom, by way of contempt, they called the Galilean, and his followers Galilaeans, as Julian the apostate after them did; for otherwise they knew that Nicodemus was not of the country of Galilee; search and look ; into the histories of former times, and especially the Scriptures: for... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:44

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:45

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:46

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:47

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:48

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:49

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:50

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:51

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:52

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