Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 7:1-13
We have here, I. The reason given why Christ spent more of his time in Galilee than in Judea (John 7:1): because the Jews, the people in Judea and Jerusalem, sought to kill him, for curing the impotent man on the sabbath day, John 5:16. They thought to be the death of him, either by a popular tumult or by a legal prosecution, in consideration of which he kept at a distance in another part of the country, very much out of the lines of Jerusalem's communication. It is not said, He durst not,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 7
In this chapter we have, I. Christ's declining for some time to appear publicly in Judea, John 7:1. II. His design to go up to Jerusalem at the feast of tabernacles, and his discourse with his kindred in Galilee concerning his going up to this feast, John 7:2-13. III. His preaching publicly in the temple at that feast. 1. In the midst of the feast, John 7:14, 15. We have his discourse with the Jews, (1.) Concerning his doctrine, John 7:16-18. (2.) Concerning the crime of sabbath-breaking laid... read more