Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 7:13
However no man spake openly of him — Not in favour of him: for fear of the Jews — Those that were in authority.
However no man spake openly of him — Not in favour of him: for fear of the Jews — Those that were in authority.
SPAKE OPENLY OF HIM - The word translated “openly,” here, is commonly rendered “boldly.” This refers doubtless, to those who really believed on him. His enemies were not silent; but his friends had no...
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. ...
THE SECRET VISIT. Soon, however, He receives the Divine intimation, for which He always waits (_cf. John 2:4_, John 11:6 f.) and goes up secretly. The Jews are discussing Him, and various opinions are...
NO MAN SPAKE OPENLY. These discussions were private rather than public. The people all felt that "the Jews," the ruling powers, were intensely opposed to Christ, and they feared that open discussion w...
NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
When his brothers had gone up to the festival, then he too went up, not openly, but, as it were, in secret. So the Jews searched for him at the festival, and kept saying: "Where is he?" And there was...
FOR. on account of. Greek. dia. App-104.John 7:2....
_no man_ Quite literally; no man dared speak openly either for or against Him, they were so afraid of the hierarchy. Experience had taught them that it was dangerous to take any line which the rulers...
The Discourse at the Feast of Tabernacles Of this section John 7:10 form a sort of introduction. "An equal degree of authenticity belongs to the verses which follow, 10 15. The whispered enquiries an...
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...
ΟΥ̓ΔΕῚΣ ΜΈΝΤΟΙ. Quite literally; no man dared speak openly either for or against Him, they were so afraid of the hierarchy. Experience had taught them that it was dangerous to take any line which the...
THE DISCOURSES AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES Of this section John 7:10-13 are introductory....
VER 9. WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE WORDS TO THEM, HE ABODE STILL IN GALILEE. 10. BUT WHEN HIS BRETHREN WERE GONE UP, THEN WENT HE ALSO UP TO THE FEAST, NOT OPENLY, BUT AS IT WERE IN SECRET. 11. THEN THE JE...
_JESUS ATTENDED THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES -- JOHN 7:1-24:_ Jesus kept away from the Jews who were seeking to kill Him by remaining in Galilee. The time came for the Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus quietly...
ΜΈΝΤΟΙ (G3305) частица, скорее всего, противительная: хотя, впрочем, однако, тем не менее (BAGD). ΠΑΡΡΗΣΊΣΙ (G3954) _dat._ открыто, смело, доверчиво. Основное значение слова — свобода речи, способнос...
THEN THE JEWS SOUGHT HIM, &C.— Jesus did not appear publicly, immediatelyon his arrival in Jerusalem, which occasioned many doubtsconcerning his character: some affirmed, that he was a true prophet, a...
VARING IDEAS OF THE MULTITUDES _Text 7:10-13_ 10 But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret. 11 The Jews therefore sought him...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 7:1-13 Below we give a rough Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— John 7 begins a new section of this fourth Gospel. Our Lord’s ministry in Galile...
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. HOWBEIT NO MAN SPAKE OPENLY OF HIM (THAT IS, IN HIS FAVOUR) FOR FEAR OF THE JEWS. Since the people who feared the Jews were themselves Jews...
56 Just as Nicodemus failed to see the figure when our Lord spoke to him about the new birth, so now His followers fail to understand when He speaks of feeding on His flesh and blood. There is a subtl...
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...
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...
NO MAN cannot fairly be limited, as it generally has been, to the multitude who believed in Him. It discloses to us rather a reign of terror, in which opinion was stifled, and men dared not speak open...
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...
_The circumstances of His visit to Jerusalem_....
_Disappointment at Jesus' non-appearance_....
KNOWN BY OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD JESUS John 7:1-13 This feast was celebrated in October. Six entire months had elapsed between this and the preceding chapter. During the Feast of Tabernacles the people d...
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...
Howbeit no man spake (c) openly of him for fear of the Jews. (c) Or, boldly and freely: for the majority of the Jews wanted nothing more than to extinguish his fame and his name....
No one publicly took the part of Jesus, however favourable were their private sentiments; for the Jews hated and persecuted such as sided with him. (Bible de Vence)...
CHAPTER 2 JESUS AT THE FESTIVAL OF TABERNACLES John 7:11-16. _“Therefore the Jews continued to seek Him at the feast, and say, Where is He? And there was much murmuring concerning Him among the mult...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 1-13. 1. The history now moves forward over a period of six months to the Feast of Tabernacles in October. Nothing can be more manifest than the combinati...
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...
“ _The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, where is He? 12_. _And there was much murmuring concerning him among the multitudes.Some said, He is a good man. Others said, No, but he leads...
But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. (11) Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? (12) And there was muc...
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...
_ASHAMED OF JESUS_ ‘No man spake openly of Him for fear of the Jews.’ John 7:13 The seventh chapter is divided from the preceding one by a wide interval of time. The many miracles which our Lord wro...
13._Yet no man spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews. _By _the Jews _he here means the rulers, who had the government in their hands. They burned with such hatred against Christ, that they did not...
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...
HOWBEIT, NO MAN SPOKE OPENLY OF HIM,.... So loud as to be overheard, at least by many, but in a secret and whispering way; or did not speak with freedom, or all their mind, what they really thought of...
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. Ver. 13. _For fear of the Jews_] Who had made an order (it seems) somewhat like that of the Jesuits' edict at Dola in the country of Burgundy,...
_Then the Jews_ The men of Judea, particularly of Jerusalem, not seeing him appear as usual; _sought him at the feast_ Namely, at the beginning of it; _and said, Where is he?_ What is become of Jesus?...
JESUS AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. The murmuring concerning Jesus:...
HOWBEIT NO MAN SPAKE OPENLY OF HIM FOR FEAR OF THE JEWS. Jesus let His brothers, with their peculiar ideas concerning Messianic revelations, go up to the capital alone. But after they were gone, He st...
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...
1-13 The brethren or kinsmen of Jesus were disgusted, when they found there was no prospect of worldly advantages from him. Ungodly men sometimes undertake to counsel those employed in the work of Go...
Though many, both of the Galilaeans, among whom he had conversed, and of the common people of Judea, had a very good opinion of Christ, yet the rulers of the Jews were in such a rage against him, that...
John 7:13 However G3305 one G3762 spoke G2980 (G5707) openly G3954 of G4012 Him G846 for G1223 fear...
JESUS IN DANGER (JOHN 7:1). It is now made clear that at this stage Jesus was under constant threat of death from the authorities in Judea and Jerusalem, so much so that He was unable to go there open...
‘And there was much murmuring among the crowds concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man”. Other said, “That is not so, but he leads the mass of people astray”. However no man spoke openly of him f...
John 7:13. HOWBEIT NO MAN SPAKE BOLDLY CONCERNING HIM, BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF THE JEWS. Both sides, through their fear of the Jews, shrank from speaking out their thoughts. So complete was the ascenda...
The same line of thought as that which we have found in the two previous Chapter s is continued in that before us. He who is the Fulfiller of the Sabbath and of the Passover is the Fulfiller also of t...
HOWBEIT (μεντο). See John 4:27 for this compound particle (μεν, το), by way of exception, but yet.SPAKE (ελαλε). Imperfect active of λαλεω, "was speaking," picturing the whispering or secret talk...
John 7:1. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. His brethren therefore said u...
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...
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...
THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES WERE LOOKING FOR HIM. The authorities hated Jesus even more because he was popular with the people. See Matthew 10:34. People "sort themselves out" by their belief or unbelief i...
_After these things Jesus walked in Galilee._ THE SITUATION SURVEYED I. THE SCENE IN GALILEE: the attitude of Christ’s brethren. 1. The counsel they offered. That Christ should repair to the centre...
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....
_Howbeit no man spake_, &c., _i.e._, from fear of the Scribes, Pharisees, and Chief Priests. S. John speaks of them merely as Jews, so as not to derogate from the authority of the Scribes and Priests,...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 7:1. JEWRY.—_i.e._ Judæa. KILL HIM.—See John 5:18. John 7:2. FEAST OF TABERNACLES.—Fifteenth day of seventh month, Tisri (September–October). See Homiletic Notes...
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...
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...
2 Timothy 2:9; Galatians 2:12; Galatians 2:13; John 12:42; John 12:43
Openly [π α ρ ρ η σ ι α]. The word may mean either without reserve (x. 24; John 11:14), or without fear (xi. 54)....