B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary
John 7:29
know him.
His knowledge was not that of hearsay, but of experience, for he came from God.
know him.
His knowledge was not that of hearsay, but of experience, for he came from God.
Verse 29. _BUT I KNOW HIM: FOR I AM FROM HIM_] Instead of ειμ, _I_ _am_, some editions, the _Syriac_ Hieros. read ειμι, _I came_, according to the Attics. _Nonnus_ confirms this reading by paraphrasi...
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...
NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
FROM. from beside. Greek _para._ App-104. SENT. Greek _apostello._ App-174. Not the same word as in verses: John 7:16; John 7:18; John 7:28. but the same word as in...
_I know him_ -I" in emphatic contrast to the preceding -ye," which is also emphatic. -I know Him, for I came forth from Him, and it is He, and no other, that sent Me." -Sent" is aorist, not perfect. C...
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...
ἘΓΏ. Emphatic, in contrast to the preceding emphatic ὑμεῖς. ὍΤΙ ΠΑΡ' ΑΥ̓. ΕἸΜΙ. BECAUSE _I am from Him, and He_, and no other, _sent Me_. Jesus knows God (1) because of His Divine generation, (2) bec...
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 25. Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? 26. But, lo, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?...
_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...
ΆΠΈΣΤΕΙΛΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΣΤΈΛΛΩ (G649) посылать, посылать как облеченного властью представителя....
BUT I KNOW HIM, &C.— "Were you acquainted with what the prophets have said concerning the Messiah, as you pretend to be, you would know this to be one of his principal characters, that he fully compre...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 7:14-31 Below is an outline Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— In the last chapter we discussed the first thirteen verses of John 7, from which...
But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. BUT I KNOW HIM: FOR I AM FROM HIM, AND HE HATH SENT ME - `and He sent me' [ apesteilen (G649)]....
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...
7:29 know (f-2) _ Oida_ . 'conscious knowledge.' see Note, 1 Corinthians 8:1 ....
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...
BUT I KNOW HIM. — In contrast with their ignorance is His own full knowledge, which belonged to One only. (See Note on John 1:18.) The pronoun “I” here, as “ye” immediately before, is emphatic. FOR I...
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...
_Opinion of inhabitants of Jerusalem regarding Jesus_. Knowing the hostility of the authorities, they express surprise that Jesus should be allowed to teach openly; and wonder whether the authorities...
_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 UNAVOIDABLE CHRIST John 7:25-31 The freedom with which Jesus preached arrested the attention of the people in Jerusalem, and many wondered whether the cessation of hostility indicated a tacit adm...
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...
RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT John 7:24-31. _“Judge not according to sight.”_ The verb here is in the perpetual present, setting forth human proneness to judge people from the outward appearance. _“But judge rig...
“ _Jesus cried therefore, teaching in the temple and saying: You both know me and you know whence I am: and yet I am not come of myself; but he who sent me is competent_, _whom you know not._ 29. _As...
VER. 29. To the ignorance of God with which He charges the Jews, Jesus opposes the intimate consciousness which He Himself has of God and of His true relation to Him. This relation is, first of all, a...
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...
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...
29._But I know him. _When he says that _he knoweth God_, he means that it is not without good grounds that he has risen to so great confidence; and by his example he warns us not to assume lightly the...
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 I KNOW HIM,.... His nature and perfections, his purposes and promises, his council and covenant, his mind and will; and indeed none knows him but he, and those to whom he pleases to reveal him; an...
But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. Ver. 29. _But I know him_] And am known of him. I will not therefore be baffled or beaten out of my confident boasting by any your frontless af...
The origin of Jesus:...
BUT I KNOW HIM; FOR I AM FROM HIM, AND HE HATH SENT ME....
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...
25-30 Christ proclaimed aloud, that they were in error in their thoughts about his origin. He was sent of God, who showed himself true to his promises. This declaration, that they knew not God, with h...
I KNOW HIM, so as no man else knoweth him, MATTHEW 11:27; I know his essence, his will, his counsels, his laws; FOR I AM FROM HIM by an eternal generation, his only begotten Son; and I am sent by him,...
John 7:29 But G1161 I G1473 know G1492 (G5758) Him G846 for G3754 am G1510 (G5748) from G3
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...
‘Jesus therefore cried in the Temple, teaching, and saying, “You both know me, and know from where I am. But I am not come of myself, and he who sent me is true, whom you do not know. I know him becau...
John 7:28-29. JESUS THEREFORE CRIED IN THE TEMPLE-COURTS TEACHING AND SAYING. Knowing that such words were in the mouths of the people of Jerusalem, Jesus cried aloud in the hearing of all. The word ‘...
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...
I KNOW HIM (εγω οιδα αυτον). In contrast to the ignorance of these people. See the same words in John 8:55 and the same claim in John 17:25; Matthew 11:27;...
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...
25-29. SOME OF THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM SAID. The visitors did not know this, but some of the local residents did. CAN IT BE THAT THE AUTHORITIES REALLY KNOW? Had the authorities changed their minds? W...
_Did not Moses give you the law?_ MURDER IN DESIRE The desire to kill Christ I. WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR RELIGIOUS PROFESSION. They professedly believed in Moses, and esteemed him highly. But th...
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 I know Him, for I am from Him, and He hath sent Me._ "Born," saith S. Augustine, "by divine and eternal generation, inasmuch as I am His own proper and natural Son:" and He sent Me "into the worl...
_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 John 1:2; 1 John 4:14; 1 John 4:9; John 1:18; John 10:15;...
From him [π α ρ α υ τ ο υ]. See on 6 46....
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...
l am from him — By eternal generation: and he hath sent me — His mission follows from his generation. These two points answer those: Do ye know me? Do ye know whence I am?...