Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 7:3
His brethren — So called according to the Jewish way of speaking. They were his cousins, the sons of his mother's sister. Depart hence — From this obscure place.
His brethren — So called according to the Jewish way of speaking. They were his cousins, the sons of his mother's sister. Depart hence — From this obscure place.
Verse John 7:3. _HIS BRETHREN - SAID_] It is generally supposed that these were the children of the _sisters_ of his mother Mary; but some of the ancients have stated that Joseph had several children...
HIS BRETHREN - See the notes at Matthew 12:47. THY DISCIPLES - The disciples which he had made when he was before in Judea, John 4:1. THE WORKS - The miracles....
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. ...
JOHN 7. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. John 7:1. The Remonstrance of the Brethren. This incident is often now used to support the view that in the original draft of the gospel no visit to Jerusalem before...
HIS BRETHREN, THEREFORE, SAID UNTO HIM. His brethren according to the flesh, whose names were James and Joses and Simon and Jude (Matthew 13:55). For discussion of their relationship to him, see notes...
NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
After these things Jesus moved about in Galilee, for he did not wish to move about in Judaea, because the Jews were out to kill him. The festival of the Jews which is called the Festival of Tabernacle...
HIS BRETHREN. Compare John 2:12 and Mark 3:21; Mark 3:31. UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. INTO. Greek _eis._ App-104. THAT. in order that. Greek _hina._ SEE. be spectators of. Greek. th
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...
_His brethren_ See on John 2:12. _Depart hence_ The bluntness of this suggestion, given almost as a command, shews that they presumed upon their near relationship. It would be more natural in the mout...
ΟΥ̓͂Ν. Because He had not attended the previous Passover. ΟἹ�. See on John 2:12. The bluntness of this suggestion, given almost as a command, shews that they presumed upon their near relationship. It...
THE CONTROVERSY WITH HIS BRETHREN...
Ver 1. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. 2. Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. 3. His brethren therefore sai...
_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...
ΜΕΤΆΒΗΘΙ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΜΕΤΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G3327) покидать, уходить. _Aor. imper._ призывает к специфическому действию с оттенком срочности, ΕΝΤΕΎΘΕΝ (G1782) отсюда. ΫΠΑΓΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΎΠΆΓ...
HIS BRETHREN THEREFORE SAID, &C.— By brethren we are to understand only cousins-german, or kinsfolk. As they did not believe on him, they condemned him in their own minds, and said that he acted altog...
ADVICE OF HIS UNBELIEVING BRETHREN _Text 7:1-9_ 1 And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. 2 Now the feast of the Jews,...
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...
His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. HIS BRETHREN THEREFORE (SEE THE NOTES AT MATTHEW 13:54-40 ) SAID U...
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...
THY DISCIPLES] Only a few disciples followed Jesus in His Galilean tours. At the great Feast of Tabernacles they would be gathered together in great numbers....
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...
HIS BRETHREN... — Comp. Note on Matthew 13:55. They are excluded here by their own words from the band of disciples, as they are by St. John’s from the believers (John 7:5), and inferentially (John 7:...
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_....
The desirableness of doing so is urged by His brothers. εἶπον … τῷ κόσμῳ. The reason they advanced was “that Thy disciples also may see Thy works which Thou doest”. καὶ οἱ μαθηταί σου seems to imply t...
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...
(1) His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. (1) The grace of God comes not by inheritance, but it is a gift...
These brethren of Christ were the relatives of the blessed Virgin, not her children. For, as in the sepuchre, were the body of our Saviour was deposited, no other mortal lay either before or since; so...
FINAL DEPARTURE FROM GALILEE John 7:2-10. _“And the feast of the Jews, called Tabernacles, was nigh.”_ (Leviticus 23:34.) This great annual solemnity was held in September, commemorative of their sojo...
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...
“ _His brethren therefore said to him: Depart hence and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may behold the works which thou doest_; 4 _for no man does any work in secret, while seeking after fame;...
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...
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. (2) Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. (3) His brethren therefore said unt...
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...
3._His brethren therefore said to him. _Under the word _brethren _the Hebrews include all cousins and other relations, whatever may be the degree of affinity. He says that they mocked at Christ, becau...
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...
Ver. 3 HIS BRETHREN THEREFORE SAID UNTO HIM,.... That is, the brethren of Jesus, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it; who were not James and Joses, and Simon and Judas, the sons of Alphaeus,...
His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. Ver. 3. _Depart hence_] Saucily enough, and sarcastically too; prick...
_Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand_ Instituted in commemoration of the Israelites dwelling in tents in the wilderness, and celebrated in booths erected for that purpose, with great solemn...
HIS BRETHREN; or relatives. DEPART HENCE; from this obscure and secluded region. INTO JUDEA; where was the metropolis of the nation, and where men that sought to be known were accustomed to resort....
THE UNBELIEF OF CHRIST'S RELATIVES. The sneers of unbelief:...
HIS BRETHREN THEREFORE SAID UNTO HIM, DEPART HENCE AND GO INTO JUDEA THAT THY DISCIPLES ALSO MAY SEE THE WORKS THAT THOU DOEST;...
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...
HIS BRETHREN; his friends and kindred; SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 12:47". SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 12:48"; either such as did believe in him, or such as did not believe; for, 1 THESSALONIANS 7:5, all of
John 7:3 His G846 brothers G80 therefore G3767 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 Him G846 Depare G3327 ...
‘His brothers therefore said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples also may see the works that you are doing. For no man does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known ope...
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...
John 7:3. HIS BRETHREN THEREFORE SAID UNTO HIM, DEPART HENCE, AND GO INTO JUDEA, THAT THY DISCIPLES ALSO MAY BEHOLD THY WORKS THAT THOU DOEST. His brothers, in thus urging Him to depart into Judea, ha...
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...
HIS BRETHREN (ο αδελφο αυτου). "His brothers" (half-brothers actually), who "were not believing on him" (ουδε επιστευον εις αυτον) as stated in verse John 7:5. They were hostile to the Messianic ass...
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...
SO JESUS' BROTHERS SAID TO HIM. It takes nothing away from the character of Mary the human mother of Jesus, for her to be a wife to Joseph and bear him children. See John 2:12. Alford (Greek Testament...
_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...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 7:3 Jesus’ BROTHERS (compare Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3) are other naturally bor
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....
_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...
1 Samuel 17:28; Acts 2:14; Genesis 37:20; Genesis 37:5; Jeremiah 12:6
Thy disciples. Both those who had been gained by former teaching in Judaea and Jerusalem, and others from other parts....
Observe here, 1. The advice which Christ's brethren, that is, his kindness, gave him to render himself more famous and publicly known to the world: they advise him not to stay any longer in Galilee, a...