Vincent's Word Studies in the NT
John 7:4
Openly [ε ν π α ρ ρ η σ ι α]. Literally, in boldness. The reasoning is : no man can assert the position which Christ claims, and at the same time keep secret the works which go to vindicate it.
Openly [ε ν π α ρ ρ η σ ι α]. Literally, in boldness. The reasoning is : no man can assert the position which Christ claims, and at the same time keep secret the works which go to vindicate it.
Verse John 7:4. _NO MAN THAT DOETH ANY THING IN SECRET_, c.] They took it for granted that Christ was influenced by the same spirit which themselves felt and that therefore he should use every opport...
FOR THERE IS NO MAN ... - The brethren of Jesus supposed that he was influenced as others are. As it is a common thing among men to seek popularity, so they supposed that he would also seek it; and as...
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...
FOR NO MAN DOETH ANYTHING IN SECRET. No prophet and inspired teacher. Such. teacher, they urge, seeks the multitudes and there, in the most public manner, exhibits his supernatural power. IF THOU DO...
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...
NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
NO MAN. no one. Greek. _oudeis_ (compound of App-105). OPENLY. Greek. _parrhesia,_ literally in plain language. IF. Assuming the fact. App-118. Not the same word as in verses: John 7:17; John 7:37....
_there is no man that doeth_ More simply, NO MAN _doeth_. _and he himself seeketh_ i.e. no one does anything in secret and is thereby personally seeking to act with openness. To conceal His miracles...
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 CONTROVERSY WITH HIS BRETHREN...
ΟΥ̓ΔΕῚΣ Γ. _For no man doeth anything in secret and himself seeketh to be in openness_: or, according to BD1, _and seeketh it_ (αὐτό) _to be in openness_. They imply that He works miracles to prove Hi...
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...
ΚΡΎΠΤΩ _dat._ (G2927) сокрытый, секретный. ΠΑΡΡΗΣΊΣΙ _dat._ (G3954) открыто, публично. "Публичным" считалось действие, совершенное в присутствии как минимум 10 израильтян (SB, 2:486). ΦΑΝΈΡΩΣΟΝ _aor...
HIS BRETHREN THEREFORE SAID, &C.— By brethren we are to understand only cousins-german, or kinsfolk. As they did not believe on him, they condemned him in their own minds, and said that he acted altog...
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...
For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world. FOR THERE IS NO MAN THAT DOETH ANY THING IN SECRE...
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...
FOR THERE IS NO MAN. — His course of action seems to them to contradict His personal claim. It is opposed, they think, to the common-sense conduct of mankind. IF THOU DO THESE THINGS. — The emphasis 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...
_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...
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...
“ _His brethren therefore said to him: Depart hence and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may behold the works which thou doest_; 4 _for no man does any work in secret, while seeking after fame;...
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...
4._If thou dost these things; _that is, if thou aspirest to such greatness that all may applaud thee, direct towards thee the eyes of all. And they add, _show thyself to the world, _using the word _wo...
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...
FOR THERE IS NO MAN THAT DOETH ANYTHING IN SECRET,.... For so they reckoned his doing miracles in such a corner of the land, and in so obscure a place as Galilee: AND HE HIMSELF SEEKETH TO BE KNOWN O...
For _there is_ no man _that_ doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world. Ver. 4. _For there is no man, &c._] Here they pr...
_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...
THAT DOETH ANY THING IN SECRET; works in a secluded place, removed from the observation of men. AND HE HIMSELF SEEKETH; that is, while he himself seeketh. TO BE KNOWN OPENLY; they upbraid him with a...
FOR THERE IS NO MAN THAT DOETH ANYTHING IN SECRET, AND HE HIMSELF SEEKETH TO BE KNOWN OPENLY. IF THOU DO THESE THINGS, SHOW THYSELF TO THE WORLD....
THE UNBELIEF OF CHRIST'S RELATIVES. The sneers of unbelief:...
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...
OLBGrk; The things which thou doest, thou doest out of a desire by them to be made known, and to spread thy own fame and glory: for this, Galilee is not a proper place, because it is an obscure part i...
John 7:4 For G1063 one G3762 does G4160 (G5719) anything G5100 in G1722 secret G2927 while G2532 himself...
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...
‘His brothers therefore said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples also may see the works that you are doing. For no man does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known ope...
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 7:4. FOR NO ONE DOETH ANY THING IN SECRET, AND HIMSELF SEEKETH TO BE IN BOLDNESS. ‘To be in boldness' may seem a singular expression; the Greek words, however, will not admit of the rendering ‘to...
IN SECRET (εν κρυπτω). See Matthew 6:4; Matthew 6:6 for this phrase.OPENLY (εν παρρησια). "In public" (παν, ρησις, telling it all). See on Matthew 8:32. Common in John ...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
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...
NO ONE HIDES WHAT HE IS DOING. He was so different from their idea of the Messiah that they could not understand him....
_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 7:3 Jesus’ BROTHERS (compare Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3) are other naturally bor
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...
1 Kings 22:13; Acts 2:4; John 18:20; Luke 6:45; Matthew 23:5;...
For no man doth any thing — Of this kind, in secret; but rather desireth to be of public use. If thou really dost these things — These miracles which are reported; show thyself to the world — To all m...