John 7:1-18 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:14

When it was already the midst of the feast; or, when already the festival had reached the middle stage. £ Since the feast lasted seven or eight days, this is reasonably supposed to be on the fourth day. We may presume that he had been spending a few days at Bethany ( Luke 10:38 ), front retirement of which he issued rather as a Prophet and Teacher than as the Messiah of the popular expectation. He went up —he came suddenly— into the temple, into the midst of the crowds where his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:14-18

Justification of his doctrine. Jesus appeared suddenly in the temple, and began at once to instruct the people. I. ASTONISHMENT OF THE JEWS AT HIS TEACHING . "And the Jews were astonished, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?" 1 . They were astonished at the manner of his teaching. "He spake as never man spake;" he "spake as One having authority, and not as the scribes;" thus "the common people heard him gladly." These passages give an idea of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:15

The Jews therefore marvelled, £ saying , etc. "The Jews," as elsewhere, mean the ruling and learned class, the men of power and weight in the metropolis, who must have heard his teaching. The immediate effect of the appearance and words was great astonishment. In spite of themselves, they are moved by the command he manifested over all the springs of thought and feeling. The point of their astonishment is, not that he is wise and true, but that he could teach without having been taught... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:16

Jesus therefore £ answered them and said , etc. He met this particular allegation as follows: My teaching is not mine. The "my" refers to the teaching itself, the "mine" to the ultimate authority on which it rests. I am not a self-taught Man, as though out of the depths of my own independent human consciousness I span it. I do not mean you to suppose that my mere human experience is the sole source of my instructions ( John 5:31 ). If you have sat at the feet of those who taught... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:17

The moral test is then applied to the great dictum which he had just uttered. If any man willeth —not merely desires, but performs the distinct act of willing— to do his will —as his will— he shall know; i.e. his intellectual faculty will be quickened into high activity by this moral and practical effort. If the Divine will concerning conduct meets the spontaneous act of the human will, if a man's will is set to fulfil the Divine will, to will and do what is revealed to him by God,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:17

A good will the condition of spiritual discernment. Intellectual men are apt to set too high a value upon the exercise of the intellect. And in this error they are often confirmed by the notions of the ignorant and uninstructed, who look up with wonder to the learned and the mentally acute, and are willing to think such prodigies of knowledge must be assured possessors of all good things. But the fact is, that the highest of all possessions is to be attained, not by the scholarship or the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:17

Christ's authority and the way to ascertain it. It was very natural for a Jerusalem audience to say with respect to Jesus, "Why should we listen to this Man?" 1 . It is very natural that any one making special claims should be regarded with special caution. Jesus knew quite well that he would not be readily received on his own valuation. Thanks are owing to those who opposed and criticized him in the days of his flesh. Their very way of talking to him, the true Teacher, showed how... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:18

The following sentence is perfectly general and applicable to all teachers of Divine truth, though it only reaches its highest expression in Christ himself. But while it has numerous applications, its first use is to ratify the previous statements, and prepare the way for what is to follow. He that speaketh from himself. This was an act which he, in his own case, disclaimed. The "himself" was here the personality which then was in question as a human Teacher. He that speaketh from himself ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 7:1

After these things - After the transactions which are recorded in the last chapters had taken place, and after the offence he had given the Jews. See John 5:18.Jesus walked - Or Jesus lived, or taught. He traveled around Galilee teaching.In Jewry - In Judea, the southern division of Palestine. Compare the notes at John 4:3.The Jews sought - That is, the rulers of the Jews. It does not appear that the common people ever attempted to take his life. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 7:2

The Jews’ feast of tabernacles - Or the feast of tents. This feast was celebrated on the 15th day of the month Tisri, answering to the last half of our month September and the first half of October, Numbers 29:12; Deuteronomy 16:13-15. It was so called from the tents or tabernacles which on that occasion were erected in and about Jerusalem, and was designed to commemorate their dwelling in tents in the wilderness, Nehemiah 8:16-18. During the continuance of this feast they dwelt in booths or... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:14

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:14-18

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:15

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:16

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:17

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:17

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:17

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 7:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 7:2

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