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Verse 49. _THIS PEOPLE_] Ὁ οχλος, _This rabble_. The common
people were treated by the Pharisees with the most sovereign contempt:
they were termed עם הארץ _am ha-arets, people of the_ _earth_;
and...
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THIS PEOPLE - The word here translated “people” is the one
commonly rendered “the multitude.” It is a word expressive of
contempt, or, as we would say, the rabble. It denotes the scorn which
they felt...
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CHAPTER 7
_ 1. My Time is not Yet Come. (John 7:1 .)_
2. Departure from Galilee; Sought by the Jews. (John 7:10 .)
3. In the Temple Teaching. (John 7:14 .)
4. Opposition to Him. ...
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THE LAST DAY OF THE FEAST. The Feast of Tabernacles, the feast of the
ingathering at the end of summer, lasted seven days in early times
(Deuteronomy 16:13). An eighth day was added later (Leviticus 2...
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THIS PEOPLE... ARE ACCURSED.
Their argument was, "Not the Sanhedrim, not the powerful and religious
Pharisees, but the rabble are the believers upon him. They are utterly
ignorant of the law and are...
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NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
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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 answer...
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CURSED. laid under. curse. Greek _epikataratos._ Only here and
Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:10; Galatians 1:13. Found often in the
Septuagint and in the _Papyri._ See Deissmann's _Light, &c._ p. 93....
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John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work
We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the
Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among
_Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
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_this people_ Very contemptuous; _this_ MULTITUDE _of yours_(comp. 35,
36), whose ignorant fancies you prefer to our deliberate decisions.
_who knoweth not the law_ The form of negative used implies...
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Ὁ ὌΧ. ΟὟΤΟΣ. Very contemptuous; _this_ MULTITUDE _of yours,
iste_ (35, 36), whose ignorant fancies you prefer to our deliberate
decisions.
Ὁ ΜῊ ΓΙΝ. The μή implies censure; knoweth not when it ought...
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OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE DISCOURSES...
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VER 1A. IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD,...
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_DIVISION OVER WHO JESUS IS -- JOHN 7:40-53:_ There was division over
the identify of Jesus. Some said He was a fraud and deceiver. Others
said that He was the Prophet or that He was the Christ. He wa...
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ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097)
знать; здесь: близко познакомиться,
усвоить,
ΕΠΆΡΑΤΟΣ (G1944) обвиняемый. Примеры
того, как ученые рабби презирали тех,
кто не соблюдал закон, _см._ в...
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ARE YE ALSO DECEIVED? &C.— "Ye who have the advantage of knowing our
sentiments, and are acquainted with the idea which we entertain
concerning this person; surely you cannot be so weak as to be thus...
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THE OLD SABBATH CONTROVERSY RENEWED
_Text 7:14-53_
14
But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the
temple, and taught.
15
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth thi...
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DISCOURSE ON THE LIVING WATER
_Text 7:37-52_
37
Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and
cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
38
He that belie...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 7:32-53
The following is a general Outline of the passage which is to be
before us:—
Before examining in detail the dosing verses of John 7 this will be
the bes...
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41 Ever since the days of Moses the nation of Israel has been waiting
for the Prophet Who was to be like him, and lead the nation out of
worse than Egyptian bondage into the heritage of the kingdom. T...
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THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES
John 7:1 to John 10:21. Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, October, 28
a.d.
After the discourse of John 6, delivered just before Passover 28 a.d.,
Jesus did not go up to Jeru...
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CURSED] RV 'accursed,' viz. because of their ignorance. The contempt
of the Pharisees for those who have not received a rabbinical training
is a touch true to life.
50, 51. Nicodemus has made some adv...
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JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS
GOSPEL OF JOHN
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 7
JESUS AND HIS BROTHERS 7:1-9
V1 After this, Jesus stayed in *Galilee. He travelled from village to
village. He decide...
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BUT THIS PEOPLE WHO KNOWETH NOT THE LAW... — The words express
“Those people there, among whom you have been, and with whose
opinion you have been coinciding, instead of holding the authoritative
opin...
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CHAPTER 16
JESUS DISCUSSED IN JERUSALEM.
“And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for He would not
walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the feast of
the Jews, the feast of...
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_Anger of the Sanhedrim on receiving the report of their officers_....
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THE BLINDNESS OF PREJUDICE
John 7:40-53
These short descriptions of the impressions made on His hearers by the
discourses of Jesus indicate the double development which was
resulting from His minist...
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So far, John has recorded incidents in the first year of our Lord's
ministry. We now come to a comparatively brief section in which he
records happenings happenings in the central and crowded two year...
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_But this multitude... are accursed; i.e. falls under the curses of
the law, by being seduced and led away by false preachers. (Witham)_...
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REPORT OF THE OFFICERS SENT TO ARREST HIM
John 7:45-49. _“Then the officers came to the chief priests and
Pharisees, and they said to them, Why did you not lead Him along? The
officers responded, Neve...
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THIRD SECTION: 7:1-8:59. THE STRIFE AT ITS HIGHEST STAGE OF INTENSITY
AT JERUSALEM.
Seven months had elapsed without any appearance of Jesus at Jerusalem.
The exasperation of the rulers, whose murdero...
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“ _The officers therefore returned to the chief-priests and
Pharisees. And they said to them, Why have you not brought him?_ 46.
_The officers answered, Never man spake like this man._ 47. _The
Pharis...
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III. ON AND AFTER THE GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST: 7:37-8:59.
The last and great day of the feast has arrived; Jesus lays aside the
apologetic form which until now He has given to His teachings. His
word a...
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1. THE TRUE SOURCE: 7:37-52.
John reports the discourse of Jesus and gives the explanation of it
(John 7:37-39); he describes the different impressions of the
multitude (John 7:40-44); he gives an acc...
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Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they
said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? (46) The officers
answered, Never man spake like this man. (47) Then answered them the...
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The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject
which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the
most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
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49._But this multitude. _The first part of their pride was, that,
relying on the title of Priests, they wished to subject all to them in
a tyrannical manner. The next is, that they despise others as m...
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In chapter 7 His brethren after the flesh, still sunk in unbelief,
would have Him shew Himself to the world, if He did these great
things; but the time for this was not yet come. At the fulfilment of...
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BUT THIS PEOPLE WHO KNOWETH NOT THE LAW ARE CURSED. With great
contempt they style the followers of Jesus "this people"; the common
people, the dregs of them, the refuse of the earth; and whom they
ca...
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But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
Ver. 49. _But this people, &c._] He howled and wept (said Dr Story
concerning Philpot) in the convocation house, and made such ado as
never man did...
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_Then came the officers to the chief priests_, &c. Namely, without
accomplishing the purpose for which they were sent; _and they_ The
chief priests and other members of the sanhedrim, perceiving the
o...
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THIS PEOPLE; the common people, to whom the Pharisees imputed criminal
ignorance of the Scriptures. Tyrannical teachers and rulers fear the
elevation and influence of the common people. They wish to k...
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The report of the guard:...
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BUT THIS PEOPLE, WHO KNOWETH NOT THE LAW, ARE CURSED....
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HIS BROTHERS UNBELIEVING
(vs.1-9)
The Lord continued for a time in Galilee. He would not then return to
Judea because of the Jews' murderous intentions. This was certainly
not fear, but sober, lowly...
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40-53 The malice of Christ's enemies is always against reason, and
sometimes the staying of it cannot be accounted for. Never any man
spake with that wisdom, and power, and grace, that convincing
cle...
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Out of the great pride of their hearts they vilify the people, as not
learned in the law, and so were cursed, contemptible, and not to be
regarded, as to their judgment and sentiments....
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John 7:49 But G235 this G3778 crowd G3793 that G3588 not G3361 know
G1097 (G5723) law G3551 is...
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‘The Pharisees answered them, “Are you also led astray? Have any
of the leading authorities believed in him, or the Pharisees? But this
crowd who do not know the Law are accursed”.'
The Pharisees, of...
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THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND PHARISEES DISMISS BELIEF IN HIM AS RIDICULOUS
(JOHN 7:45).
Sitting waiting in their quarters the leading religious authorities
were seething. The last thing that they wanted was...
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In this section Jesus appears at the feast to which He went up when
His Father's, and therefore His own, hour was come. The opportunity
afforded by it of teaching is embraced, and we are presented wit...
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THIS MULTITUDE
(ο οχλος ουτος). The Pharisees had a scorn for the
_amhaaretz_ or "people of the earth" (cf. our "clod-hoppers") as is
seen in rabbinic literature. It was some of the οχλος (multitude...
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John 7:30. _Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on
him, because his hour was not yet come. And many of the people
believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more
miracle...
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John 7:14. _Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the
temple, and taught._
He was no coward, so he boldly showed himself in the midst of the
throng in the temple.
John 7:15. _And the J...
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CONTENTS: Jesus urged to go to the feast. His final departure from
Galilee. Jesus at the feast of tabernacles. Prophecy concerning the
Holy Spirit.
CHARACTERS: God. Jesus, Holy Spirit, disciples, bro...
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John 7:1. _He would not walk in Jewry,_ or Judea, _because the jews
sought to kill him._ Herod had recently beheaded John, pleading the
magnitude of his auditories; now, the jews magnified the same pl...
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THIS CROWD DOES NOT KNOW THE LAW OF MOSES! Their reasoning was: "it is
only these ignorant people who believe in this Jesus. They are easily
fooled, and they are cursed by God anyway....
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_On the last day, that great day of the feast_
JESUS THE CHRIST
I. PROFFERING BLESSINGS.
1. Water for the thirsty (John 7:37; Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:11;...
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_But this people who knoweth not the Law are cursed._ In passing,
_i.e._, from Moses and the law to Jesus and the gospel. By this term
the Pharisees endeavour to terrify the officers and others, and t...
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CHAPTER 7
_But after this Jesus walked in Galilee_, &c. Not immediately, but
about six months after. The incidents of the former chapter took place
in March, the feast of tabernacles was in September....
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 7:41. THE CHRIST.—Hearts open to the truth were convinced and
confessed Him. BUT SOME SAID, ETC.—These were unlike the guileless
Nathanael (John 1:46). He asked w...
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EXPOSITION
Ch. 7-10. contain the record of the conflict between faith and
unbelief in the metropolis. At first the narrative indicates a vast
amount of critical inquiry, of unsettled opinion, of angry...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the seventh chapter of the gospel
according to John.
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in
Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him...
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1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Corinthians 3:18; Isaiah
28:14;...
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This people [ο ο χ λ ο ς ο υ τ ο ς]. Better, multitude, as
contrasted with the orthodox Jews. See on 1 19.
Cursed. As specimens of Rabbinical utterances concerning this class
may be cited the expressi...
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But this populace, who know not the law — This ignorant rabble; are
accursed — Are by that ignorance exposed to the curse of being thus
seduced....