Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 7:6
Jesus saith, Your time is always ready — This or any time will suit you.
Jesus saith, Your time is always ready — This or any time will suit you.
Verse John 7:6. _MY TIME IS NOT YET COME_] It is probable our Lord meant no more than this, that _he_ had some business to transact before he could go to Jerusalem; but his brethren, having nothing t...
MY TIME ... - The proper time for my going up to the feast. We know not why it was not yet a proper time for him to go. It might be because if he went then, in their company, while multitudes were goi...
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...
MY TIME IS NOT YET COME. The time for the full manifestation of himself had not yet come. He had revealed himself gradually, step by step, until his apostles had recognized and declared him as the Chr...
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...
THEN. Therefore. Not the same word as in John 7:10. TIME. seasonable moment. NOT YET. Greek. _oupo._. compound of ou (App-105). The Lord's death was accomplished by Himself. See John 10:17; John 10:1...
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...
_Then Jesus said_ Better, _Jesus_ THEREFORE SAITH. _My time is not yet come_ i.e. My time for manifesting Myself to the world; with special reference to the Passion. It is inadequate to interpret it o...
Ὁ ΚΑΙΡῸΣ Ὁ ἘΜ. see on John 8:31. _My time_ for manifesting Myself to the world _is not yet_ PRESENT; with special reference to the Passion. It is inadequate to interpret it of the time for going up to...
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...
ΚΑΙΡΌΣ (G2540) время, подходящее время, благоприятный выбор (Morris), ΈΤΟΙΜΟΣ (G2092) готовый, то есть время не наступило (BAGD)....
THEN JESUS SAID—MY TIME IS NOT YET COME, &C.— Jesus, knowing the malice of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, did not incline to be among them longer than was absolutely necessary, knowing that they would...
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...
Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. THEN JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, MY TIME - for showing Myself to the world - "is not yet come: but your time is alway re...
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...
MY TIME] as indicated by God's will. YOUR TIME] They, having no special commission from God, were bound by no such considerations as He. Moreover, they were in no danger: the world looked upon them as...
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...
MY TIME IS NOT YET COME. — Comp. Note on John 2:4. Here, as there, He regards the events of life as marked out by divinely-ordered seasons. There is for Him a time for solemnly entering Jerusalem with...
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_....
His answer was ὁ καιρὸς ὁ ἐμὸς οὔπω πάρεστιν … ἕτοιμος. The time for my manifestation to the authorities as Messiah is not yet come; but no time is inappropriate or unsafe for you to show yourselves....
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...
(2) Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. (2) We must not follow the foolish desires of our friends....
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...
“ _Jesus therefore says to them: My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready._ 7. _The world cannot hate you; but it hates me, because I bear testimony concerning it that its works are evil...
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...
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...
6._My time is not yet come. _There are some who erroneously interpret this as referring to the _time _of his death, for it denotes the _time _of his setting out on the journey to go to the feast. (181...
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 JESUS SAID UNTO THEM,.... In answer to their solicitations and arguments used with him, to go up to the feast: MY TIME IS NOT YET COME; meaning, not the time of his death, or of his exaltation a...
Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. Ver. 6. _My time is not yet come_] _sc._ My time of journeying to Jerusalem; I must take my best opportunity, when I...
_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...
MY TIME; his time to go up to the feast, and manifest himself as the Messiah. YOUR TIME IS ALWAYS READY; you are in no danger of persecution, and can safely go at any time you may choose....
THEN JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, MY TIME IS NOT YET COME, BUT YOUR TIME IS ALWAY READY....
The refusal of Jesus:...
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...
MY TIME IS NOT YET COME; the time of my death, say some; of my manifestation to the world, say others: but questionless our Saviour intends no more than his time for going up to this feast, for we sha...
John 7:6 Then G3767 Jesus G2424 said G3004 (G5719) them G846 My G1699 time G2540 has G3918 yet...
‘Jesus therefore says to them, ‘My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready.' But what they failed to realise was that Jesus' life was directed by God. ‘My time has not yet come', He declar...
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 7:6. JESUS THEREFORE SAITH UNTO THEM, MY TIME IS NOT YET PRESENT, BUT YOUR TIME IS ALWAY READY. The answer is remarkably akin to that addressed to His mother in chap. John 2:4. Very different, pr...
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...
MY TIME IS NOT YET COME (ο καιρος ο εμος ουπω παρεστιν). Only use with verse John 7:8 of καιρος in this Gospel, elsewhere χρονος (John 5:6) or more often ωρα (John 2:4) "the predestined hour" (Berna...
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 RIGHT TIME FOR ME HAS NOT YET COME. Passover was still six months in the future, and he could not yet fulfill Gods purpose by dying in Jerusalem. His brothers had no such mission, and they could g...
_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 7:6 MY TIME in John 1:1 probably refers to the cross (see note on 2:4). YOUR TIME means “your time to
_Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready._ My time is appointed of the Father, but it must be put off for a few days, through the hatred with which the Jews pursue...
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...
Acts 1:7; Ecclesiastes 3:1; John 13:1; John 17:1; John 2:4;...
Time [κ α ι ρ ο ς]. See on Matthew 12:1; Luke 1:20; Acts 12:1. The appropriate season or juncture. Alway ready. The disciples might at any time associate with the world, with which they were still in...
Here we have Christ's answer and refusal returned to his brethren's desire: he tells them, That they might go up to the feast of Jerusalem, when they pleased, and as publicly; but it was not fit for h...