Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you — Because ye are of the world. But me it hateth — And all that bear the same testimony.
The world cannot hate you — Because ye are of the world. But me it hateth — And all that bear the same testimony.
Verse John 7:7. _THE WORLD CANNOT HATE YOU_] The Jews will not persecute you, because ye are in their sentiments and interests. Ye also expect a _worldly_ Messiah. _BUT ME IT HATETH_] Because I cond...
THE WORLD CANNOT HATE YOU - You profess no principles in opposition to the world. You do not excite its envy, or rouse against you the civil rulers. As you possess the same spirit and principles with...
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...
THE WORLD CANNOT HATE YOU. In that case it would hate those who had its spirit and were of it. It will not hate itself. It only hates those who rebuke its sins and oppose its ways. ME IT HATETH BECA...
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...
CANNOT. is not (App-105) able to. TESTIFY. bear witness See note on John 1:7. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104. EVIL, Greek. _poneros._ App-128....
_The world_ Unbelievers; the common meaning in S. John. In John 7:4 -the world" means all mankind. See on John 1:10. _cannot hate you_ Because you and it are of one mind; because you are part of it: i...
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...
Ὁ ΚΌΣΜΟΣ. Unbelievers; the common use in S. John: in John 7:4 it meant all mankind (see on John 1:10). He takes up their word and gives it a meaning far deeper than theirs. The world cannot hate them...
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...
ΜΙΣΕΊ Ν _praes. act. inf. от_ ΜΙΣΈΩ (G3404) ненавидеть. _Inf._ как дополнение гл. ΔΎΝΑΤΑΙ....
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...
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. THE WORLD CANNOT HATE YOU; BUT ME IT HATETH, BECAUSE I TESTIFY OF IT, THAT THE WORKS THEREOF...
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...
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 WORLD CANNOT HATE YOU. — Because they were of the world. To have hated them, would have been to have hated itself. (Comp. John 3:19.) BUT ME IT HATETH, BECAUSE I TESTIFY... — He had placed Himself...
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 reason of the different procedure lies in the different relation to the world held by Jesus and His brothers. οὐ δύναται … ἐστιν. There is no danger of your incurring the world's hatred by anythin...
_The circumstances of His visit to Jerusalem_....
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...
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...
7._The world cannot hate you. _When he says that _the world cannot hate them_, he reproves them for being altogether carnal; for peace with _the world _can only be purchased by a wicked consent to vic...
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...
THE WORLD CANNOT HATE YOU,.... Because they were of the world, belonged to it; they were like unto it, and every like loves its like; and they were the world's own, and therefore instead of being hate...
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. Ver. 7. _But me it hateth, because I testify_] _Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit, _ Truth b...
_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...
THE WORLD CANNOT; they have no occasion to do it....
The refusal of Jesus:...
THE WORLD CANNOT HATE YOU; BUT ME IT HATETH BECAUSE I TESTIFY OF IT THAT THE WORKS THEREOF ARE EVIL....
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...
By THE WORLD, our Saviour plainly understandeth the men of the world; men not regenerated, renewed, and sanctified. These men, saith he, CANNOT as yet HATE YOU. There was a time afterward when this pa...
John 7:7 world G2889 cannot G3756 G1410 (G5736) hate G3404 (G5721) you G5209 but G1161 hates...
‘The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I declare that its works are evil'. He points out to his brothers that they had given the world no reason for hating them, so that they had nothing...
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...
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...
John 7:7. THE WORLD CANNOT HATE YOU; BUT ME IT HATETH, BECAUSE I BEAR WITNESS CONCERNING IT, THAT ITS WORKS ARE WICKED. Jesus takes up the word which they had used; but in His mouth it has a depth of...
CANNOT HATE (ου δυνατα μισειν). Because of "the law of moral correspondence" (Westcott), often in John for "inherent impossibility" (Vincent). The brothers of Jesus here belong to the unbelieving wo...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". (John 8:23); (John 7:7). See note, (Revelation 13:3); ( See Scofield) - ...
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...
BUT IT HATES ME. The world has always hated those who expose its sins. But the world cannot hate itself, and does not hate those who live its life (See 1 Peter 4:3-5)....
_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 7:7 The world CANNOT HATE Jesus’ brothers because they did not yet believe in Jesus; they still belonged to the world. ⇐...
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 world cannot hate you,_ &c. You (my kinsmen) can go at any time to Jerusalem without risk, because ye do not oppose the Scribes, but rather favour, and pay them court. But I, if I go up openly wi...
_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 John 3:12; 1 John 3:13; 1 John 4:5; 1 Kings 21:20; 1 Kings 22:8;...
Cannot. Frequent in John, and expressing an inherent impossibility. See John 3:3; John 3:5; John 5:19; John 6:44;...