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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 7:37-44

In these verses we have, I. Christ's discourse, with the explication of it, John 7:37-39. It is probable that these are only short hints of what he enlarged upon, but they have in them the substance of the whole gospel; here is a gospel invitation to come to Christ, and a gospel promise of comfort and happiness in him. Now observe, 1. When he gave this invitation: On the last day of the feast of tabernacles, that great day. The eighth day, which concluded that solemnity, was to be a holy... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 7:45-53

The chief priests and Pharisees are here in a close cabal, contriving how to suppress Christ; though this was the great day of the feast, they attended not the religious services of the day, but left them to the vulgar, to whom it was common for those great ecclesiastics to consign and turn over the business of devotion, while they thought themselves better employed in the affairs of church-policy. They sat in the council-chamber, expecting Christ to be brought a prisoner to them, as they had... read more

William Barclay

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

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:45-52

7:45-52 So the officers came to the chief priests and the Pharisees. They said to them: "Why did you not bring him here?" The attendants answered: "Never did a man speak as he speaks." So the Pharisees answered: "Surely you too have not been led astray? Has anyone from the authorities believed in him? Or anyone from the Pharisees? They have not; but the mob which is ignorant of the law and which is accursed believes in him!" Nicodemus (the man who came to him before) said to them, for he was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:40

Many of the people therefore ,.... Of the common people, and it may be chiefly those that came out of the country: when they heard this saying ; or discourse of Christ, on the last and great day of the feast, relating to the large measure of grace, and the effusion of the Spirit on him, that believed: said, of a truth this is the prophet ; spoken of in Deuteronomy 18:15 , which some understood not of the Messiah, but of some extraordinary prophet distinct from him, who should come... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:41

Others said, this is the Christ ,.... The true Messiah, which they concluded, not only from the miracles, John 7:31 , but from his speaking of rivers of living water flowing from him that believes in him; for the same prophecy that speaks of miracles to be performed in the times of the Messiah, speaks also of waters breaking out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert, of the parched ground becoming a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water, Isaiah 35:5 . But some said, shall... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:42

Hath not the Scripture said ,.... These objectors were those who were accounted the more wise and knowing; who were conversant with the Scriptures, and pretended at least to a large knowledge of them: that Christ cometh out of the seed of David ; that he should be a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots; that he should be one out of David's loins, and of the fruit of his body, referring to Isaiah 11:1 , which was very true, and what was commonly known, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:43

So there was a division among the people concerning him. Some, though they did not go so far as to believe him to be the Messiah, yet took him to be a prophet, and a very extraordinary one; others made no difficulty to assert him to be the Christ; and others objected to it on account of the country from whence he came, and so fulfilled the words of Christ, Luke 12:51 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:44

And some of them would have taken him ,.... Some of the latter sort, who did not believe he was the Messiah; who were the most averse to him, and hot and furious against him; these were for seizing him at once in a violent manner, and for carrying him before the sanhedrim, as an impostor and blasphemer to be examined and tried, and judged by them, to whom it belonged to judge and determine concerning such persons: but no man laid hands on him ; though they had a good will to it, no man... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 7:37-44

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 7:45-53

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

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:45-52

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:44

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