John 7:24. Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. Righteously had they judged in regard to themselves. So let them judge His work, and they will see that, where they had suspected only the presence of iniquity, there was the highest righteousness.
Verse 24. _JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE_] Attend to the law, not merely in the _letter_, but in its _spirit_ and _design_. Learn that the law which commands men to rest on the Sabbath day is...
JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE - Not as a thing first offers itself to you, without reflection or candor. In appearance, to circumcise a child on the Sabbath might be a violation of the law; ye...
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 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...
JUDGE WITH RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT. They judged by "appearances" when they condemned Christ for healing on the Sabbath, and forgot the eternal principles of righteousness. Sometimes one law is broken in o...
NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
"Did not Moses give you the law--and not one of you really keeps it? Why do you try to kill me?" The crowd answered: "You are mad! Who is trying to kill you?" Jesus answered them: "I have done only on...
JUDGE. See note on John 5:22 and App-122. NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. according to. Greek. _kata._ App-104. APPEARANCE. sight; i.e. objective or outward appearance. JUDGE... JUDGMENT. Figure of spee...
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...
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...
_according to the appearance_ -According to the appearance" Christ's act was a breach of the Sabbath. This is almost certainly the meaning, although the word translated -appearance" may mean -face," a...
ΚΑΤ' ὌΨΙΝ. _According to appearance_ Christ’s act was a breach of the Sabbath. ὄψις may mean ‘face,’ as in John 11:44 (see note there); but there is no reference to Christ’s having ‘no form nor comeli...
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 19. Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keep the law? Why go you about to kill me? 20. The people answered and said, You have devil: who goes about to kill you? 21. Jesus answered...
_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...
_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...
ΚΡΊΝΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919) судить. _Praes. imper._ с отр. указывает на прекращение текущего действия, ΌΨΙΣ (G3799) наружность. Они должны были понять истинную природу вещей....
JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE,— There may be many wrong judgments of the same matter; but the right can be but one: therefore the latter clause should be rendered, _But make the right judgment...
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...
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...
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE, BUT JUDGE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT - `Rise above the letter into the spirit of the law.'...
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...
7:24 judge (e-7) Aorist, and with the article. Lit. 'have judged the righteous judgment.'...
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...
JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE. — He has put the case before them in its true light, I and from their own point of view. There was another Positive Precept of Moses which these judges were forg...
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...
_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...
HOW TO KNOW THE TRUTH OF JESUS' WORD John 7:14-24 Jesus now went up to the feast, not because he was prompted by the worldly policy suggested by His brethren, but because He was led by His Father's...
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...
(9) Judge not (g) according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. (9) We must judge according to the truth of things, lest men turn us from the truth and carry us away. (g) By the show th...
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...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 14-24. 1. There is, apparently, an abrupt turn in the narrative at John 7:14, if we look only at the outward form of the story. But, when the following ve...
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...
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...
VER. 24. “ _Judge not according to the appearance; but pronounce the judgment which is in accordance with righteousness._ ” ῎Οψις, _sight_, hence _appearance_, designates here the external and purely...
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...
24._Judege not according to the appearance. _Having concluded his defense, he likewise administers a reproof on this ground, that they are carried away by wicked dispositions, and do not form _a judgm...
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...
JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE,.... Or through respect of persons, and so as to please men, the Scribes and Pharisees; who had condemned the action of Christ, in curing the diseased man on the...
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. Ver. 24. _Judge not according to the appearance_] Nothing is more ordinary with many than to precipitate a censure, to exercise th...
_Jesus answered, I have done one_ good _work, and ye all marvel_ I have done a miracle of an extraordinary kind on the sabbath day, an action which ye think inconsistent with the character of a good m...
ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE; according to the outward letter of an act. He still refers to the charge of breaking the Sabbath. Judged by the outward letter, the circumcising or healing of a man on the...
A reference to the healing of the sick man:...
JUDGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE, BUT JUDGE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT. The remarks of Jesus were directed principally to the leaders of the Jews, some of whom were always present whenever He taught. The...
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...
14-24 Every faithful minister may humbly adopt Christ's words. His doctrine is not his own finding out, but is from God's word, through the teaching of his Spirit. And amidst the disputes which distu...
Do not judge persons, and condemn me for what I have done, merely out of your hatred, prejudice, and malice against me. Or, do not judge according to the first appearance of this fact. It looketh to y...
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II But it is the duty of the bishop to judge rightly, as it is written, "Judge righteous judgment; "[179]...
John 7:24 not G3361 judge G2919 (G5720) according G2596 appearance G3799 but G235 judge G2919 (G5657) righteous...
‘Do not judge by appearances, but judge righteous judgment'. Jesus acknowledged their right to judge, but stressed that it was incumbent on them to ensure that their judgment was righteous, and not su...
JESUS TEACHES OPENLY IN THE TEMPLE AND PLEADS FOR RIGHT JUDGMENT (JOHN 7:14). But whilst Jesus was taking every precaution He knew that He could not allow His own safety to hinder the proclamation of...
ACCORDING TO APPEARANCE (κατ' οψιν). And so, superficially. See John 11:44. Also not "righteous" (δικαιαν) judgment....
RIGHTEOUS (_ See Scofield) - (1 John 3:7). _...
John 7:24 I. Are we to judge men according to the appearance of their life? There is a general social judgment which we must give. We look upon a man's outer life, and pass a sentence on it, either of...
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...
YOU WILL CIRCUMCISE A BOY ON THE SABBATH. His reasoning goes like this: "You are angry with me because I healed a man on the Sabbath; yet you yourself violate the Sabbath to circumcise a boy when the...
_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...
LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE Judge not according to appearance. John 7:24. Late one evening a traveler came to an American inn. “I can't let you in here,” said the innkeeper. “You are suffering from som...
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....
_Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment._ He charges the Jews with acceptance of persons, in acquitting Moses, or rather themselves, in a like matter, but accusing and condemn...
_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...
Deuteronomy 1:16; Deuteronomy 1:17; Deuteronomy 16:18; Deuteronomy 16:19;...
Appearance [ο ψ ι ν]. Primarily, seeing or sight. In John 11:44; Revelation 1:16, face, and hence external appearance. The word occurs only in the three passages cited. Righteous judgment (thn dikaia...
From the foregoing argument, Christ draws an inference or conclusion, That there is no making. judgment according to the first appearance of things: and that suddenness or rashness, prejudice or parti...