Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 7:28
Then cried Jesus — With a loud and earnest voice. Do ye both know me, and know whence I am ? — Ye do indeed know whence I am as a man. But ye know not my Divine nature, nor that I am sent from God.
Then cried Jesus — With a loud and earnest voice. Do ye both know me, and know whence I am ? — Ye do indeed know whence I am as a man. But ye know not my Divine nature, nor that I am sent from God.
Verse 28. _YE BOTH KNOW ME, AND YE KNOW WHENCE I AM_] Perhaps they should be read interrogatively: _Do ye both know me, and know_ _whence I am_? Our Lord takes them up on their own profession, and ar...
YE KNOW WHENCE I AM - You have sufficient evidence of my divine mission, and that I am the Messiah. IS TRUE - Is worthy to be believed. He has given evidence that I came from him, and he is worthy to...
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. ...
RESULTS IN JERUSALEM. The surprise of the Jews at His accusation of murder shows that they were ignorant of the plans of their leaders. Some of the Jerusalemites are better informed, and cannot unders...
YE BOTH KNOW ME AND KNOW WHENCE. AM. These words are directly suggested by their argument against his being the Christ. There is. certain irony in the answer, as though he should say: "You profess to...
NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
CRIED. cried aloud. TAUGHT. was teaching. TRUE. Greek. _alethinos_ (App-175.) See note on John 1:9....
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...
The remark made on the Jews" question in John 7:15 applies also to their questions and comments throughout this dialogue. They are too exactly in keeping with what we know of the Jews in our Lord's da...
_Then cried Jesus_ Better, JESUS THEREFORE CRIED ALOUD. The word translated -cried" signifies a loud expression of strong emotion. He is moved by their gross misconception of Him, a fact which the wea...
ἜΚΡΑΞΕΝ ΟὟΝ. JESUS THEREFORE (moved by their gross misconceptions) CRIED ALOUD. The word expresses loud expression of strong emotion; comp. John 7:37; John 1:15; John 12:44. S. John well remembers tha...
14–39. We have (1) a discourse in the midst of the Feast in which three groups take part; ‘the Jews’ (14–24); some of the people of Jerusalem (25–31); the envoys of the Sanhedrin (32–36): (2) a discou...
THE DISCOURSES AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES Of this section John 7:10-13 are introductory....
Ver 25. Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? 26. But, lo, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?...
_IS THIS JESUS THE CHRIST? -- JOHN 7:24-36:_ The people wanted to kill Jesus but they said nothing when face to face with Him. He spoke openly and boldly and no one did anything to stop Him. If they c...
ΈΚΡΑΞΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΡΆΖΩ (G2896) кричать. Иоанн использует это слово для введения торжественных заявлений (Barrett), ΔΙΔΆΣΚΩΝ _praes. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΔΙΔΆΣΚΩ (G1321) учить, ΈΛΉΛΥΘΑPE...
THEN SAID SOME OF THEM, &C.— The inhabitants of Jerusalem, always Christ's bitter enemies, asked with surprize, if our Lord's boldness, and the silence of the rulers, proceeded from their having ackno...
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...
MIXED EMOTIONS CONCERNING JESUS _Text 7:25-36_ 25 Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill? 26 And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Ca...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 7:14-31 Below is an outline Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— In the last chapter we discussed the first thirteen verses of John 7, from which...
Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. THEN (OR 'THEREFORE') CRI...
16 Here we have the test of a true teacher. The greatest of all Teachers could easily have formulated a philosophy of His own before which all the wisdom of the ages would sink into insignificance. He...
7:28 temple, (b-7) _ Hieron_ . as Matthew 4:5 . know (f-13) know (f-17) know. (f-39) _ Oida_ . 'conscious knowledge.' see Note, 1 Corinthians 8:1 ....
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...
THEN CRIED JESUS IN THE TEMPLE AS HE TAUGHT. — The word rendered “cried,” implies always an elevation of voice answering to the intensity of the speaker’s feeling. (Comp. in this Gospel John 1:15; Joh...
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...
_Opinion of inhabitants of Jerusalem regarding Jesus_. Knowing the hostility of the authorities, they express surprise that Jesus should be allowed to teach openly; and wonder whether the authorities...
_He teaches, and discussions regarding Him are evoked_. John 7:37 -end. _His manifestation on the last day of the Feast, and the consequent action of the Sanhedrim_. John 7:14-36. _The teaching of Jes...
THE UNAVOIDABLE CHRIST John 7:25-31 The freedom with which Jesus preached arrested the attention of the people in Jerusalem, and many wondered whether the cessation of hostility indicated a tacit adm...
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...
(12) Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. (12) The truth of Chris...
_You both know me; i.e. you know me as man, and where I have been educated. --- But him that sent me, from whom I proceeded, and who sent me into this world to be its Redeemer, you know not; because y...
RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT John 7:24-31. _“Judge not according to sight.”_ The verb here is in the perpetual present, setting forth human proneness to judge people from the outward appearance. _“But judge rig...
II. DURING THE FEAST: 7:14-36. The first agitation had subsided; every one was quietly attending to the celebration of the feast, when all at once Jesus appears in the temple and sets Himself to the...
“ _Jesus cried therefore, teaching in the temple and saying: You both know me and you know whence I am: and yet I am not come of myself; but he who sent me is competent_, _whom you know not._ 29. _As...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 25-36. 1. The ῾Ιεροσολυμεῖται are evidently a different class from the ὄχλος, and are more fully acquainted with the desires of the rulers; but even they...
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...
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...
28._Jesus therefore exclaimed in the temple. _He bitterly reproaches them for their rashness, because they arrogantly flattered themselves in a false opinion, and in this manner excluded themselves fr...
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...
THEN CRIED JESUS IN THE TEMPLE AS HE TAUGHT,.... Overhearing the reasonings of these men, however, knowing what they said; so the Persic version adds, "having secretly known this"; exalted his voice a...
Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. Ver. 28. _Ye both know me_]...
_Then cried Jesus_ Probably with a loud and earnest voice, and with allusion to the words which they had just spoken in a private manner to each other, and which they imagined he could not have heard,...
YE BOTH KNOW ME-KNOW WHENCE I AM; some understand the Saviour as upbraiding the Jews for their willful rejection of him, as much as to say, You know from my works who I am, and who has sent me. Compar...
The origin of Jesus:...
THEN CRIED JESUS IN THE TEMPLE AS HE TAUGHT, SAYING, YE BOTH KNOW ME, AND YE KNOW WHENCE I AM; AND I AM NOT COME OF MYSELF, BUT HE THAT SENT ME IS TRUE, WHOM YE KNOW NOT....
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...
25-30 Christ proclaimed aloud, that they were in error in their thoughts about his origin. He was sent of God, who showed himself true to his promises. This declaration, that they knew not God, with h...
YE BOTH KNOW ME, AND YE KNOW WHENCE I AM; you might have known me by the doctrine which I have taught, and the miracles which I have wrought among you; and you had known me, if you had not shut your e...
John 7:28 Then G3767 Jesus G2424 out G2896 (G5656) taught G1321 (G5723) in G1722 temple G2411...
‘Jesus therefore cried in the Temple, teaching, and saying, “You both know me, and know from where I am. But I am not come of myself, and he who sent me is true, whom you do not know. I know him becau...
THE NET IS DRAWING TIGHTER - QUESTIONS AMONG THE PEOPLE (JOHN 7:25). It is quite clear that the impact of Jesus' ministry has been such that everyone is talking about Him. The whole of Jerusalem is st...
John 7:28-29. JESUS THEREFORE CRIED IN THE TEMPLE-COURTS TEACHING AND SAYING. Knowing that such words were in the mouths of the people of Jerusalem, Jesus cried aloud in the hearing of all. The word ‘...
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...
AND I AM NOT COME OF MYSELF (κα απ' εμαυτου ουκ εληλυθα). Κα here="and yet." Jesus repeats the claim of verse John 7:17 and also in John 5:30; John 8:28; John 12:49...
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...
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...
25-29. SOME OF THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM SAID. The visitors did not know this, but some of the local residents did. CAN IT BE THAT THE AUTHORITIES REALLY KNOW? Had the authorities changed their minds? W...
_Did not Moses give you the law?_ MURDER IN DESIRE The desire to kill Christ I. WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR RELIGIOUS PROFESSION. They professedly believed in Moses, and esteemed him highly. But th...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 7:28 TEMPLE. See note on 2:14. ⇐ ⇔
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....
_Jesus therefore cried in the temple_, &c. I grant what you say, that ye know My ancestry and My parents; though ye are much mistaken. Ye do not know them; for the Jews knew not the God- head of Chris...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 7:14. NOW ABOUT THE MIDST, ETC.—The middle of the feast, or “the lesser feast.” It was the fourth day of the feast most likely. TAUGHT.—For the first time (of whi...
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...
1 John 2:3; 1 John 2:4; 1 John 5:10; 1 Samuel 2:12; 2 Corinthians 1:18;
Then [ο υ ν]. Rev., rightly, therefore, giving the reason for the succeeding words in Jesus ' emotion awakened by the misconceptions of the people. Cried [ε κ ρ α ξ ε ν]. See on Mark 5:5; John 9:24....
THE LIVING WATER John 7:28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Did the rulers know that Jesus was the Christ? They should have known it. They saw the works which He did, and His works showed that He was the Chris...