Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 7:35
Will he go to the dispersed among the Greeks — The Jews scattered abroad in heathen nations, Greece particularly. Or, Will he teach the Greeks? — The heathens themselves.
Will he go to the dispersed among the Greeks — The Jews scattered abroad in heathen nations, Greece particularly. Or, Will he teach the Greeks? — The heathens themselves.
Verse 35. _THE DISPERSED AMONG THE GENTILES_] Or _Greeks_. By the _dispersed_, are meant here the _Jews_ who were scattered through various parts of that empire which Alexander the Great had founded,...
THE DISPERSED AMONG THE GENTILES - To the Jews scattered among the Gentiles, or living in distant parts of the earth. It is well known that at that time there were Jews dwelling in almost every land....
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...
THEN SAID THE JEWS. They could not comprehend. Did he mean that he was going also to the Jews dispersed among the Gentiles? Would he teach them and the Gentiles, as well as the Jews of Judea and the G...
Many of the crowd believed in him. "When the Anointed One of God comes, they said, "surely he cannot do greater signs than this man has done?" The Pharisees heard the crowds carrying on these discussi...
NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
AMONG. to. Greek _pros._ App-104. WILL HE GO?. is He about to go? (Two verbs.) THE DISPERSED. Greek _Diaspora. the_ Dispersion. Occurs three times; here, 1 Peter 1:1 ("scattered "), and James 1:1 (...
_Then said the Jews The Jews_ THEREFORE _said_, i.e. in consequence of what Christ had said, shewing that it is to the official representatives of the nation that His words are addressed. _Whither wi...
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...
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...
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 31. And many of the people believed in him, and said, When Christ comes, will he do more miracles than these which this man has done? 32. The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things c...
_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...
ΜΈΛΛΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΜΈΛΛΩ (G3195) собираться, с _inf._ выражает будущее (_см._ John 6:6). ΔΙΑΣΠΟΡΆΝ (G1290) _асс. sing._ рассеяние, диаспора. Иудеи, живущие вне Палестины (TDNT; JPFC, 1:117-...
WILL HE GO UNTO THE DISPERSED, &C.— Ελληνων, _of the Greeks,_ by whom we are to understand here idolatrous Gentiles, and not _Hellenists,_ or Jews who used the Greek language; for these were _the disp...
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...
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...
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...
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? THEN SAID THE JEWS (THE RULERS AGAIN),...
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...
7:35 dispersion (a-27) * i.e. 'Jews scattered.'...
THE DISPERSED (RV 'the Dispersion') AMONG THE GENTILES (RV 'the Greeks')] i.e. the Jews living in heathen lands. The Jews, not seriously but mockingly, attribute to our Lord the design which St. Paul...
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...
WHITHER WILL HE GO THAT WE SHALL NOT FIND HIM? — He had said in John 7:33, “I go unto Him that sent Me,” and in John 7:28. He had declared that they knew not Him that sent Him. There is, then, no cont...
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...
This was quite unintelligible to the Jews, εἶπον οὖν … ἐλθεῖν. The only meaning they could put upon His words was that, finding no reception among the Jews of Judaea and Galilee, He intended to go to...
_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 Sanhedrim takes action regarding Jesus_....
A SPRING OF LIFE-GIVING WATER John 7:32-39 “The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God.” The truth of that saying clearly appears in the earlier part of this section. When the Lord...
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...
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the (h) dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? (h) Literally, "to the dispersion of...
_Will he go to the dispersed among the Gentiles, or to the dispersed Gentiles, and Jews among them to preach to them? (Witham)_...
THE DISPERSION OF THE GREEKS John 7:33-36. “Then Jesus said, Yet a little while I am with you, and I go to Him that sent Me. You shall seek Me, and shall not find Me, and where I am you are not able t...
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...
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...
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...
“ _Then the Jews said among themselves, Whither will he go then, that we shall not find him? Does he mean to go to those who are scattered among the Greeks and to teach the Greeks?_ 36. _What means th...
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...
35._Whither will he go? _This was added by the Evangelist, for the express purpose of showing how great was the stupidity of the people. Thus not only are wicked men deaf to hear God’s instruction, bu...
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 SAID THE JEWS AMONG THEMSELVES,.... That is, the unbelieving, scoffing Jews; it may be the officers, at least some of them, that were sent to take him: WHITHER WILL HE GO THAT WE SHALL NOT FIND...
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? Ver. 35. _Teach the Gentiles_] Which the...
_Then said the Jews, Whither will he go_ Jesus spake concerning his death, resurrection, and ascension, but the Jews did not understand him; for they imagined that he threatened to leave them, and go...
The anxiety of the Pharisees:...
THEN SAID THE JEWS AMONG THEMSELVES, WHITHER WILL HE GO THAT WE SHALL NOT FIND HIM? WILL HE GO UNTO THE DISPERSED AMONG THE GENTILES, AND TEACH THE GENTILES?...
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...
GENTILES: Or, Greeks...
31-36 The discourses of Jesus convinced many that he was the Messiah; but they had not courage to own it. It is comfort to those who are in the world, but not of it, and therefore are hated by it and...
The Jews, not at all believing the Divine nature of Christ, notwithstanding all that Christ had said, and all the miracles he had wrought, are at a mighty loss to conclude what our Saviour spake of, a...
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews " Undoubtedly, by not receiving Christ, the "fount of water of life," they have begun to have "worn-out tanks," that is, synagogues for the use of the "dispersions of...
John 7:35 Then G3767 Jews G2453 said G2036 (G5627) among G4314 themselves G1438 Where G4226 does G3195 ...
‘The Judaisers therefore said among themselves, “Where will this man go such that we will never find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? What is this word that he...
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 7:35. THE JEWS THEREFORE SAID AMONG THEMSELVES, WHITHER IS THIS MAN ABOUT TO GO, THAT WE NOT FIND HIM? Our Lord's words were mysterious, but yet were so closely linked with His earlier teaching,...
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...
AMONG THEMSELVES (προς εαυτους). These Jewish leaders of verse John 7:32 talk among themselves about what Jesus said in a spirit of contempt (this man or fellow, ουτος).THAT (οτ). Almost result l...
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...
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...
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...
I SHALL BE WITH YOU A LITTLE WHILE LONGER. He predicts his death and his return to heaven. BECAUSE WHERE I SHALL BE YOU CANNOT GO. They cannot go with him, either on earth, or after death, if they die...
_And many of the people believed on Him._ THE FAVOURABLY DISPOSED, AND THE MALIGNANTLY OPPOSED TO CHRIST I. THOSE WHO WERE FAVOURABLY DISPOSED (John 7:31). The commonalty, who were more or less unso...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 7:35 People misunderstand Jesus’ statement in v. John 7:34 (see also John 3:4;...
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....
_The Jews therefore said_, &c. VER. 36. _What is this saying that He said,... and where I am, thither ye cannot come_? That is to the Gentiles scattered throughout the world. Hence the Epistles writte...
_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 Peter 1:1; 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:11; Acts 11:18; Acts 13:46;...
Will He go [ο υ τ ο ς μ ε λ λ ε ι π ο ρ ε υ ε σ θ α ι]. Literally, whither does this man intend to go, or whither is He thinking of going? The A. V. misses the contemptuous insinuation in this man (Re...
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...