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Verse John 7:12. _SOME SAID, HE IS A GOOD MAN_] The multitude were
divided in their opinions concerning him: those who knew him best
said, _He is a good man_. Those who spoke according to the charact...
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MURMURING - Contention, disputing.
HE DECEIVETH THE PEOPLE - That is, he is deluding them, or drawing
them away by pretending to be the Messiah....
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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. ...
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THE SECRET VISIT. Soon, however, He receives the Divine intimation,
for which He always waits (_cf. John 2:4_, John 11:6 f.) and goes up
secretly. The Jews are discussing Him, and various opinions are...
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THERE WAS MUCH MURMURING AMONG THE PEOPLE.
Muttering and secret discussion. By the _people_ are meant the
multitudes. They must be kept in the mind as distinct from "the Jews."
This chapter brings out...
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When his brothers had gone up to the festival, then he too went up,
not openly, but, as it were, in secret. So the Jews searched for him
at the festival, and kept saying: "Where is he?" And there was...
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NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
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MURMURING. See note on John 6:41
AMONG. Greek. _en._ App-104.
PEOPLE. crowds.
CONCERNING. Greek _peri._ App-104.
SAID. were saying.
NAY. Greek. _ou._ App-105.
DECEIVETH. leadeth astray. Compare M...
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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...
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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...
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_murmuring_ Talking in an under tone, not necessarily complaining: see
on John 6:41; John 6:61. Here some are for, and some against Him.
-Among the people" should rather be _among the_ MULTITUDES; the...
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ΓΟΓΓΥΣΜΌΣ. MUTTERING; see on John 6:41. Some are for and some
are against Him.
ἘΝ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ὌΧΛΟΙΣ. Perhaps, _in the bands of pilgrims_.
Here only does S. John use ὄχλοι; ὄχλος is frequent, and
is read h...
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THE DISCOURSES AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES
Of this section John 7:10-13 are introductory....
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VER 9. WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE WORDS TO THEM, HE ABODE STILL IN
GALILEE. 10. BUT WHEN HIS BRETHREN WERE GONE UP, THEN WENT HE ALSO UP
TO THE FEAST, NOT OPENLY, BUT AS IT WERE IN SECRET. 11. THEN THE JE...
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_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...
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ΓΟΓΓΥΣΜΌΣ (G1112) ропот, жалобы, ворчание.
Вероятно, имеется в виду ропот людей,
которые не осмеливались говорить
открыто и громко то, что думали (Westcott).
Может также иметься в виду спор, когда
они...
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THEN THE JEWS SOUGHT HIM, &C.— Jesus did not appear publicly,
immediatelyon his arrival in Jerusalem, which occasioned many
doubtsconcerning his character: some affirmed, that he was a true
prophet, a...
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VARING IDEAS OF THE MULTITUDES
_Text 7:10-13_
10
But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also
up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
11
The Jews therefore sought him...
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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...
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And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for
some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the
people.
AND THERE WAS MUCH MURMURING [OR 'MUTTERING' gongusmos...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND THERE WAS MUCH MURMURING AMONG THE PEOPLE. — The original word
for “people” is here, and here only in St. John, in the plural,
and is best rendered by _multitudes._ It refers to the throngs of
peo...
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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...
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Among the masses (ἐν τοῖς ὄχλοις) there was
γογγυσμὸς πολύς regarding Him; not “murmuring,” as
R.V [59], but rather “whispering,” suppressed discussion in low
tones, in corners, and among friends; “ha...
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_Disappointment at Jesus' non-appearance_....
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_The circumstances of His visit to Jerusalem_....
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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...
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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...
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It was the people that held the favourable opinion of Christ, whilst
on the contrary, the Scribes and Pharisees speak ill of him, saying,
he seduceth not us, but he seduceth the multitude. (St. John
C...
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CHAPTER 2
JESUS AT THE FESTIVAL OF TABERNACLES
John 7:11-16. _“Therefore the Jews continued to seek Him at the
feast, and say, Where is He? And there was much murmuring concerning
Him among the mult...
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“ _The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, where is
He? 12_. _And there was much murmuring concerning him among the
multitudes.Some said, He is a good man. Others said, No, but he leads...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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12._And there was much murmuring. _He means that, wherever men were
collected in crowds, as usually happens in large assemblies, they held
secret conversations about Christ. The diversity of opinion,...
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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...
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AND THERE WAS MUCH MURMURING AMONG THE PEOPLE CONCERNING HIM,....
There was a general whisper, and a private controversy and contention
among the people about him, upon inquiry being made after him:...
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And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some
said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
Ver. 12. _For some said_] All men were not of a mind conc...
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_Then the Jews_ The men of Judea, particularly of Jerusalem, not
seeing him appear as usual; _sought him at the feast_ Namely, at the
beginning of it; _and said, Where is he?_ What is become of Jesus?...
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MURMURING; private inquiry and contention about Jesus....
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JESUS AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.
The murmuring concerning Jesus:...
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AND THERE WAS MUCH MURMURING AMONG THE PEOPLE CONCERNING HIM; FOR SOME
SAID, HE IS A GOOD MAN; OTHERS SAID, NAY; BUT HE DECEIVETH THE PEOPLE....
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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...
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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...
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Our Saviour's constant attendance at these public festivals, did not
only create an expectation of his being there amongst his enemies, who
therefore sought him there, that they might destroy him; but...
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‘And there was much murmuring among the crowds concerning him. Some
said, “He is a good man”. Other said, “That is not so, but he
leads the mass of people astray”. However no man spoke openly of him
f...
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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...
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John 7:12. AND THERE WAS MUCH MURMURING AMONG THE MULTITUDES
CONCERNING HIM. SOME SAID, HE IS A GOOD MAN: BUT OTHERS SAID, HAY, BUT
HE LEADETH ASTRAY THE MULTITUDE. From the ‘Jews' the Evangelist
turn...
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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...
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MUCH MURMURING
(γογγυσμος πολυς). This Ionic onomatopoetic word is from
γογγυζω for which verb see John 6:41; John 6:61; John 7:32, for
secret displeasure (Acts 6:1) or...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES WERE LOOKING FOR HIM. The authorities hated
Jesus even more because he was popular with the people. See Matthew
10:34. People "sort themselves out" by their belief or unbelief i...
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_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...
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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....
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_And there was much murmuring_, &c. He would make Himself the founder
of a new faction, and stir up sedition and rebellion.
_A good man_, nay, a teacher and a prophet; this was the opinion of
those w...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 11:24; John 10:19; John 6:14; John 7:25; John 7:32;...
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Murmuring. See on 6 41.
The people [τ ο ι ς ο χ λ ο ι ς]. See on 1 19.
Said [ε λ ε γ ο ν]. Imperfect : were saying.
Deceiveth [π λ α ν α]. Rev., better, leadeth astray. See on Mark
12:24; Jude 1:13...
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There was much murmuring among the multitude — Much whispering; many
private debates with each other, among those who were come from
distant parts....