John 7:1-14 NIV

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 7:14-36

Here is, I. Christ's public preaching in the temple (John 7:14): He went up into the temple, and taught, according to his custom when he was at Jerusalem. His business was to preach the gospel of the kingdom, and he did it in every place of concourse. His sermon is not recorded, because, probably, it was to the same purport with the sermons he had preached in Galilee, which were recorded by the other evangelists. For the gospel is the same to the plain and to the polite. But that which is... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:1-9

7:1-9 After these things Jesus moved about in Galilee, for he did not wish to move about in Judaea, because the Jews were out to kill him. The festival of the Jews which is called the Festival of Tabernacles was near. So his brothers said to him: "Leave here and go down to Jerusalem so that your disciples will get the chance to see the works that you do. For no one goes on doing things in secret, when he wishes to draw public attention to himself. Since you can do these things, show yourself... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:10-13

7:10-13 When his brothers had gone up to the festival, then he too went up, not openly, but, as it were, in secret. So the Jews searched for him at the festival, and kept saying: "Where is he?" And there was many a heated argument about him among the crowds. Some said: "He is a good man." But others said: "No; far from it; he is leading the people astray." But no one spoke about him openly because of their fear of the Jews. Jesus chose his own moment and went to Jerusalem. Here we have the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:10-13

In this chapter there is a whole series of verdicts on Jesus. (i) There is the verdict that he was a good man ( John 7:12 ). That verdict is true, but it is not the whole truth. It was Napoleon who made the famous remark: "I know men, and Jesus Christ is more than a man." Jesus was indeed truly man; but in him was the mind of God. When he speaks it is not one man speaking to another; if that were so we might argue about his commands. When he speaks it is God speaking to men; and... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:14

7:14,25-30 When the festival was now half way through, Jesus went up to the Temple precincts and began to teach. So some of the people of Jerusalem said: "Is not this the man whom they are trying to kill? And look! He is speaking publicly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities have really discovered that this is the Anointed One of God? But he cannot be because we know where he comes from. When the Anointed One of God comes no one knows where he comes from." So Jesus, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:1

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee ,.... That is, after he had fed the five thousand with five loaves and two fishes, near Bethsaida; and had had that long discourse with the Jews at Capernaum, concerning himself, as the bread of life, and about eating his flesh, and drinking his blood; and had been up to the feast of the passover at Jerusalem, said to be nigh, when he went over the sea of Galilee, John 6:4 ; otherwise the above places were in Galilee: but the case seems to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:2

Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. Which began on the fifteenth day of the month Tisri, which answers to part of our September; when the Jews erected tents or booths, in which they dwelt, and ate their meals during this festival; and which was done, in commemoration of the Israelites dwelling in booths in the wilderness; and was typical of Christ's tabernacling in human nature; and an emblem of the saints dwelling in the earthly houses and tabernacles of their bodies, in this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:3

That is, the brethren of Jesus, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it; who were not James and Joses, and Simon and Judas, the sons of Alphaeus, the brother of Joseph, the husband of Mary, so called, Matthew 13:55 , for some of these were of the number of the twelve; and all of them believers in Christ; whereas these his brethren were not. The Jew F12 R. Isaac Chizzuk Emuna, par. 2. c. 45. p. 434, 435. therefore is mistaken, who supposed the above persons are here intended; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:4

For there is no man that doeth anything in secret ,.... For so they reckoned his doing miracles in such a corner of the land, and in so obscure a place as Galilee: and he himself seeketh to be known openly ; suggesting hereby, that Christ was an ambitious person, and sought popular applause, and honour and glory from men, when nothing was more foreign from him; see John 5:41 . If thou do these things ; for they question whether the miracles he wrought were real; and suspected that... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 7:1-13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 7:14-36

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:1-9

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:10-13

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:10-13

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:4

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