John 7:6-9 WEB

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

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

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:9

When he had said these words unto them ,.... Had exhorted them to go up to the feast, and told them that he should not go yet, and the reason of it: he abode still in Galilee ; and went not up with his brethren, nor at all at present; showing hereby a firmness and resolution of mind, not using lightness of speech; and his words being not yea, and nay, but all of a piece, and by which he abode. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:6

My time is not yet come - It is probable our Lord meant no more than this, that he had some business to transact before he could go to Jerusalem; but his brethren, having nothing to hinder them might set off immediately. Others think he speaks of his passion: My time of suffering is not yet come: as ye are still in friendship with the world, ye need not be under any apprehension of danger: ye may go when ye please. The first sense I think is the best. read more

Adam Clarke

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

The world cannot hate you - The Jews will not persecute you, because ye are in their sentiments and interests. Ye also expect a worldly Messiah. But me it hateth - Because I condemn its injustice, its pride, its ambition, and its maxims, by my life and doctrine. It is very likely that the term world means here the Jewish people only: this is an acceptation in which ὑ κοσμος frequently occurs in this Gospel. See on John 17 (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:8

I go not up yet unto this feast - Porphyry accuses our blessed Lord of falsehood, because he said here, I will not go to this feast, and yet afterwards he went; and some interpreters have made more ado than was necessary, in order to reconcile this seeming contradiction. To me the whole seems very simple and plain. Our Lord did not say, I will not go to this feast; but merely, I go not yet, ουπω , or am not going, i.e. at present; because, as he said John 7:6 , and repeats here, his time... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:6

Verse 6 6.My time is not yet come. There are some who erroneously interpret this as referring to the time of his death, for it denotes the time of his setting out on the journey to go to the feast. (181) He assures them that, in this respect, he differs from his relations. They may freely and without danger appear, at all hours, before the world, because the world is friendly and favorable to them; but he is in dread of his person, and justly, because the world is his mortal enemy. By these... read more

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:6

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:6

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