Jesus therefore said unto them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.In due time, Jesus would reveal himself in Jerusalem, by means of his death and resurrection; but that would have to await the time appointed by the Father. The true passover would be sacrificed on the Passover, not at the feast of tabernacles. Although out of tune with Jesus' will here, these brothers eventually became followers (Acts 1:14). read more
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.Jesus' brothers and their friends had not broken with the hierarchy in Jerusalem; and thus it was all very well for them to go up to the feast; but Jesus had broken with it, and they were plotting to kill him (John 5:18). For the Lord to have walked boldly into the trap laid for him in Jerusalem would have been folly. The Lord had dared to instruct them on the proper method of observing the sabbath,... read more
Go ye unto the feast: I go not up unto this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.I go not up unto this feast ... was true in the sense that Jesus attended only half of it. Jesus did not say, "I will not go," the present tense meaning that "at that time" he would not go. Tenney's comment that "Jesus told the brethren that he was not going, and then promptly went"[1] is not true. A delay of a full three and one-half days is not "promptly" going to the feast. Besides, in the Jewish sense,... read more
And having said these things unto them, he abode still in Galilee.The brothers went on to Jerusalem without him, leaving the Lord free to enter at a time and circumstance of his own choice. The Pharisees were laying a trap for Jesus, but they would find themselves in his trap before the week was over. read more
But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.JESUS GOES UP TO THE FEASTPeople from all over Palestine were at the feast, including, no doubt, many from Galilee who had witnessed the marvels there; and, besides, it is certain that many still remembered the healing of the man at Bethesda, over a year earlier. This strong favorable attitude toward Jesus among the populace was balanced by the hatred of the leaders, whose plot to kill... read more
The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?The Lord's name was on every tongue during the first half of the feast when he did not appear. His enemies sought him but found him not. read more
And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: some said, He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray. Yet no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.Christ's name was upon all lips; his mighty deeds were the biggest news that ever happened in Jerusalem; the people loved him; the leaders hated him; and conversation buzzed all over the city; but if any of the Pharisees appeared, the conversation ceased. The threat of murdering the Son of God... read more
But when it was now in the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught.JESUS APPEARS IN THE TEMPLEOnce more the messenger of the covenant came suddenly to his temple (Malachi 3:1); and such boldness frustrated and unnerved the Lord's enemies. They did not know how to deal with it. His learned dissertations in the temple were persuading many to believe on him; and the Pharisees were unable to reconcile such wisdom with the fact of Jesus' never having attended the rabbinic schools. read more
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?The Jews marveled ... but what people have marveled about ever since is the bigotry that said, "How could he know anything if he did not learn it from us?" Their bigoted opinion was either repeated in Jesus' hearing, or he read it in their hearts, promptly replying to it.This man ... has the meaning of "this fellow" and was intended to place Jesus on a lower level than the rabbis and priests. Nicodemus,... read more
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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 7:4
For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world. For even his brethren did not believe on him.For no man doeth anything in secret ... was their way of saying that Jesus was merely wasting his time in Galilee. If he wanted recognition, in their view, Jerusalem was the place to get it.If thou doest, these things ... shows that they did not believe in him and recalls Satan's words (Matthew 4:3). read more