John 7:21 NIV

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 7:19-24

7:19-24 "Did not Moses give you the law--and not one of you really keeps it? Why do you try to kill me?" The crowd answered: "You are mad! Who is trying to kill you?" Jesus answered them: "I have done only one deed and you are all astonished by it. Moses gave you the rite of circumcision (not that it had its origin in Moses--it came down from your fathers) and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. If a man can be circumcised on the Sabbath, without breaking the law of Moses, are you angry at... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:21

Jesus answered and said unto them ,.... Taking no notice of their passion, reproach, and blasphemy; but proceeding upon the thing he had in view, and which he was determined to reassume, and vindicate himself in; I have done one work ; that is, on the sabbath day; meaning, his cure of the man that had had a disorder eight and thirty years, who lay at Bethesda's pool; which single action, they charged with being a breach of the sabbath, he mentions with a view to their many, and daily... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:21

I have done one work - That of curing the impotent man, already referred to. See John 5:9 . And ye all marvel - or, ye all marvel because of this. Some have δια τουτο , in connection with θαυμαζετε , which the common pointing makes the beginning of the next verse, and which, in our common version, is translated therefore; but this word conveys no meaning at all, in the connection in which it is thus placed. Proof of this construction Kypke gives from Themistius, Strabo, and Aelian.... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:21

Verse 21 21.I have done one work. Now, leaving their persons, he begins to speak of the fact; for he proves that the miracle which he performed is not inconsistent with the Law of God. When he says that he has done one work, the meaning is, that it is only of a single crime that he is held guilty, or that it is only for a single work that he is blamed, which is, that he cured a man on the day of Rest; (188) but that they, on every day of Rest, do many works of the same, or a similar... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:1-53

John 7:1-53 . consists of three distinct parts: Verses 7:1-8:11 3. Christ as the Source of truth. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:19-24

Justification of his conduct. The allusion to unrighteousness is the point of transition from Christ's teaching to his conduct. I. HE IS CHARGED BY THE JEWS WITH BREAKING THE SABBATH LAW . 1 . He had healed the impotent man at a former visit to Jerusalem on the sabbath day. "I have done one work, and ye all marvel." 2 . The Jews would have stoned him as a transgressor for the act. " Why do ye seek to kill me?" He knows the designs of the rulers, though... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:20-24

(3) Treatment of the ignorance and insolence of the multitude. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:21

Jesus answered and said to them; i.e. to the multitude wire had so coarsely treated him, and to the "Jews" who were present, who were all marvelling together at the line he was taking. The very interruption was a proof both of the extent and consequence of their wonderment. One work I did, and ye are all marvelling. This one work was a very small fraction of his mighty signs, but it was one which, from its manner of operation, and from the fact that it was immediately brought before... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 7:21

One work - The healing of the man on the Sabbath, John 5:0.Ye all marvel - You all wonder or are amazed, and particularly that it was done on the Sabbath. This was the particular ground of astonishment, that he should dare to do what they esteemed a violation of the Sabbath. read more

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:19-24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:21

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:1-53

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:19-24

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:20-24

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 7:21

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