John 7:1-39 NIV

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:37-44

7:37-44 On the last, the great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried: "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. As the scripture says: 'He who believes in me--rivers of living water shall flow from his belly.'" It was about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, that he said this. For as yet there was no Spirit because Jesus was not yet glorified. When they heard these words some of the crowd said: "This is really the promised Prophet." Others said: "This is... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:37-44

Now that we have seen the vivid background of this passage we must look at it in more detail. The promise of Jesus presents us with something of a problem. He said: "He who believes in me--rivers of water shall flow from his belly." And he introduces that statement by saying, "as scripture says." No one has ever been able to identify that quotation satisfactorily, and the question is, just what does it mean? There are two distinct possibilities. (i) It may refer to the man who comes to... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:5

For neither did his brethren believe in him. At first they might take to him, and embrace him as the Messiah, and expect he would set up a temporal kingdom; in which they might hope, on account of their relation to him, according to the flesh to enjoy great honours and privileges; but finding that he was not inclined to anything of that nature, and talked in a quite different way, they grew sick of him, and rejected him, as the Messiah; so, little regard is to be had, or confidence placed,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:6

Then Jesus said unto them ,.... In answer to their solicitations and arguments used with him, to go up to the feast: my time is not yet come ; meaning, not the time of his death, or of his exaltation and glorification, or of the showing of himself forth unto the world; though all this was true; but of his going up to this feast; as appears from John 7:8 ; but your time is always ready ; intimating, they might go at any time; their lives were not in any danger, as his was, and had... read more

John Gill

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

The world cannot hate you ,.... Because they were of the world, belonged to it; they were like unto it, and every like loves its like; and they were the world's own, and therefore instead of being hated, were loved by it; and they walked according to the course of it; and wicked men not only take pleasure in sin, but in them that do it: but me it hateth ; though without a cause; that is, without a just cause, or reason; a cause there was, and it follows: because I testify of it, that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:8

Go we up unto this feast ,.... Suggesting, that he would not have them stay for him, or hinder themselves on his account: he encourages them to go up, and observe this festival; for the ceremonial law was not yet abolished; and though they were carnal men, and did not understand what it typified: and so unregenerate persons ought to attend on the outward means, as the hearing of the word, &c.; though they do not understand it; it may be God may make use of it, for the enlightening of... read more

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:37-44

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:37-44

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:6

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:8

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