Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 7:39
The Holy Ghost was not yet given — That is, those fruits of the Spirit were not yet given even to true believers, in that full measure.
The Holy Ghost was not yet given — That is, those fruits of the Spirit were not yet given even to true believers, in that full measure.
JOHN 7:39 oi` pisteu,santej {B} A majority of the Committee judged that the tendency among copyists would have been to replace the aorist participle (read by î66, 75vid B L T W ù18 syrs geo1 _al_) wi...
Verse 39. _WAS NOT YET_ given] δεδομενον, _given_ is added by the _Codex Vaticanus_, (B.) the _Syriac_, all the _Persic_, later _Syriac_ with an asterisk, three copies of the _Slavonic, Vulgate_, and...
OF THE SPIRIT - Of the Holy Spirit, that should be sent down to attend their preaching and to convert sinners. FOR THE HOLY GHOST WAS NOT YET GIVEN - Was not given in such full and large measures as s...
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 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...
THIS SPAKE HE OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH THEY THAT BELIEVE ON HIM SHOULD RECEIVE. This declaration of John makes the second chapter of Acts the best commentary on the preceding verse. Luther says: "So St....
On the last, the great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried: "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. As the scripture says: 'He who believes in me--rivers of living water shall flow fr...
NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
BUT THIS, &c. See note on "And we" (John 1:14). Here the true interpretation is given. THIS SPAKE HE OF THE SPIRIT. Not of the believer. THE SPIRIT. Referring to the gift of _pneuma hagion_ (in the...
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...
_this spake he of the Spirit_ S. John's interpretation is to be accepted, whatever may be our theory of inspiration, (1) because no better interpreter of Christ's words ever lived, even among the Apos...
39. After ΠΝΕΥ͂ΜΑ omit ἄγιον (assimilation to John 20:22), with אT. D adds ἐπ' αὐτοῖς and B adds δεδομένον after ἅγιον. ΟΥ̓́ΠΩ for οὐδέπω. 39. ΠΕΡῚ Τ. ΠΝ. S. John’s interpretation is to be accepted, w...
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 37. IN THE LAST DAY, THAT GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST, JESUS STOOD AND CRIED, SAYING, IF ANY MAN THIRST, LET HIM COME TO ME, AND DRINK. 38. HE THAT BELIEVES IN ME, AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID, OUT OF HIS...
_DRINKING LIVING WATER FROM JESUS -- JOHN 7:37-39:_ "On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted, "If you are thirsty, come to me and drink! Have faith in me, and yo...
ΠΕΡΊ ΤΟΫ́ ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΟΣ относящийся к Духу. В более поздней раввинистической дискуссии об игре на флейтах во время церемонии выливания воды — если это происходит в субботу — рабби Иешуа Бен Леви связывае...
IN THE LAST DAY, &C.— It is commonly supposed, that, while Jesus was thus discoursing in the temple on the last and great day of the feast, the water from Siloam was brought into the women's court of...
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...
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...
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...
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) (BUT THIS SPAKE HE OF THE SPIRIT -...
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...
THE HOLY GHOST WAS NOT YET _given_] Under Christianity, the Holy Spirit, though personally distinct from Christ, is still the Spirit of Jesus, i.e. the Spirit of the Saviour. He could not, however, be...
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...
The word “given” is omitted in nearly all MSS. except the Vatican. “Holy” before Ghost is also probably an insertion, though it is found in some of the oldest MSS. and versions. These are additions of...
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...
τοῦτο … ἐδοξάσθη, for these words apparently refer to Pentecost, the initial outpouring of the Spirit, when it once for all became manifest that the Spirit's presence did not turn men's thoughts in up...
_Jesus proclaims His ability to quench human thirst with living water_....
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...
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the (l) Holy Ghost was not yet [given]; because that Jesus was not yet (m) glorified.) (l) What is meant by the Ho...
As yet the spirit was not given, in that particular and extraordinary manner, because Jesus was not yet glorified by his ascension and the coming of the Holy Ghost. (Witham) --- It is said that the Ba...
RIVERS OF LIVING WATER FLOWING OUT OF THE HEART John 7:37-39. “And on the last great day of the festival, Jesus stood, and continued to cry out, saying, If any one may thirst, let him come and drink....
GLORIFICATION OF JESUS John 7:39. _“And He spoke this concerning the Spirit which those who believe on Him were about to receive; for he was not yet [given]; because Jesus was not yet glorified.”_ The...
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...
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...
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...
VER. 39. “ _Now he said this of the Spirit whom they that believed on him were to receive; indeed, the Spirit was not yet_, _because Jesus was not yet glorified._ ” Lucke and others criticise this exp...
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying. If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. (38) He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his be...
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...
_THE PROGRESSIVE WORK OF THE SPIRIT_ ‘The Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.’ John 7:39 ‘The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.’ Genesis 1:2 I....
39._But this he spoke of the Spirit. _The word _water _is sometimes applied to _the Spirit _on account of its purity, because it is his office to cleanse our pollutions; but in this and similar passag...
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...
BUT THIS SPAKE HE OF THE SPIRIT,.... These are the words of the evangelist, explaining the figurative expressions of Christ; showing, that by rivers of living water, he meant the Spirit in his gifts a...
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet _given_; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) Ver. 39. _But this spake he of the...
John 7:38-39 John 7:38, 39, "Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. But this spake he of the Spirit." The Spirit of God in the saints is called living water upon three accounts. 1. And...
_He that believeth on me_ With a living faith, and with _his heart unto righteousness; as the Scripture hath said_ As God in the Scriptures hath promised and attested in many places; _out of his belly...
NOT YET GIVEN; not so fully and abundantly given as Christ foretold that he would be, and as he afterwards was....
Jesus the Living Water:...
(BUT THIS SPAKE HE OF THE SPIRIT WHICH THEY THAT BELIEVE ON HIM SHOULD RECEIVE; FOR THE HOLY GHOST WAS NOT YET GIVEN BECAUSE THAT JESUS WAS NOT YET GLORIFIED. ") It on the last day of the Feast of Tab...
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...
37-39 On the last day of the feast of tabernacles, the Jews drew water and poured it out before the Lord. It is supposed that Christ alluded to this. If any man desires to be truly and for ever happy...
For the evangelist tells us, that this referred to the Spirit, which believers were to receive after that Christ should be ascended into heaven. Those scriptures, ISAIAH 49:10, ISAIAH 58:11 MALACHI 14...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V The Father is indeed above all, and He is the Head of Christ; but the Word is through all things, and is Himself the Head of the Church; while the Spirit is in us all...
John 7:39 But G1161 this G5124 spoke G2036 (G5627) concerning G4012 Spirit G4151 whom G3739 believing G4100 ...
‘But this he said about the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit was not, because Jesus was not yet glorified' (the word ‘given' is not in the Greek text). To...
THE RIVERS OF LIVING WATER (JOHN 7:37). Meanwhile the Feast of Tabernacles was drawing to a close with its emphasis on harvest and the prayers for rain for the coming year. The people were totally dep...
John 7:39. AND THIS SPAKE HE CONCERNING THE SPIRIT, WHICH THEY THAT BELIEVED IN HIM WERE TO RECEIVE: FOR THE SPIRIT WAS NOT YET GIVEN; BECAUSE THAT JESUS WAS NOT YET GLORIFIED. To this authoritative e...
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...
WHICH (ου). Genitive by attraction of the relative ο (accusative singular object of λαμβανειν) to the case of του πνευματος (the Spirit) the antecedent. But it is purely grammatical gender (neuter...
SPIRIT Holy Spirit. (John 14:17); (John 14:26); (Matthew 1:18). See summary note, (_ See Scofield) - (Acts 2:4). _...
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...
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...
JESUS SAID THIS ABOUT THE SPIRIT. This makes _Acts chapter two_ the best explanation of this section of verses. The fountain of living water which _each_ Christian has, is the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2...
_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;...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 7:39 AS YET THE SPIRIT HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN does not mean that there was no work of the Holy Spirit in the world prior to Jesus’ resurrection (see Genesis 1:2;...
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....
_But this spake He of the Spirit which they that believe on Him should receive._ After His death, and by His merits at Pentecost, for before that the Apostles had not received it so copiously and abun...
_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...
2 Corinthians 3:8; Acts 1:4; Acts 2:17; Acts 2:33; Acts 2:38;...
The Spirit. The Holy Spirit, personally. The Holy Ghost [π ν ε υ μ α α γ ι ο ν]. The best texts omit agion, holy, and the definite article is not in the text, so that the strict rendering is simply sp...
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...
These words are the Evangelist St. John's commentary upon the foregoing promise; he tells us, that Christ spoke this of the miraculous gifts of the Spirit, which did accompany the descent of the Holy...