Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
John 7:5
The teaching and example of the holiest man on earth will not, without the grace of God, lead even his relatives to believe in Christ and live.
The teaching and example of the holiest man on earth will not, without the grace of God, lead even his relatives to believe in Christ and live.
Verse John 7:5. _NEITHER DID HIS BRETHREN BELIEVE IN HIM._] They did not receive him as the promised _Messiah_; but, having seen so many of his miracles, they could not but consider him as an eminent...
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 NEITHER DID HIS BRETHREN BELIEVE IN HIM. It shows the stress to which those who hold the tradition that the mother of our Lord always remained. virgin are put that they should insist on. theory th...
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)...
NEITHER. not even. Greek. _oude._ App-105. See note on "And we beheld", &c., John 1:14. BELIEVE IN. App-150. See note on John 1:12....
_For neither did his brethren believe in him_ Or, _For_ NOT EVEN _did His brethren_(as one would expect) _believe on Him_. It is marvellous that in the face of this verse any one should have maintaine...
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...
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...
ΈΠΊΣΤΕΥΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100) верить. _Impf._ изображает постоянное отношение. Хотя они верили, что Иисус способен поразить Иерусалим чудесами, они не понимали значения всего, что уже...
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 neither did his brethren believe in him. FOR NEITHER DID HIS BRETHREN BELIEVE IN HIM. But as we find these "brethren" of the Lord in the "upper room" among the 120 disciples who waited for the...
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...
7:5 on (a-7) _ Eis_ . so vers. 31,38,39,48. see Note, 2 Timothy 1:12 ....
The unbelief of the brethren was removed after the resurrection by the appearance to James (1 Corinthians 15:7; Acts 1:14). Being unbelievers, they were evidently not of the number of the Twelve. For...
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 NEITHER DID HIS BRETHREN BELIEVE. — Comp. Note on John 7:3. The words do not admit of any other meaning than the obvious one that even His brethren did not at this time believe Him to be the Messi...
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...
It is indeed added οὐδὲ γὰρ … αὐτόν, “For not even did His brothers believe in Him”; but this does not mean that they did not believe He wrought miracles, but that they had not submitted to His claim...
_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...
For neither did his (b) brethren believe in him. (b) His relatives: for the Hebrews used to speak in this way....
_Neither did his brethren believe in him; by his brethren here, we are to understand his kindred, this townsmen or countrymen, at or about Nazareth. (Witham)_...
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...
“ _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;...
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...
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...
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...
5._For even his brethren did not believe in him. _Hence we infer how small is the value of carnal relationship; for the Holy Spirit stamps with a perpetual mark of infamy the relations of Christ, beca...
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 NEITHER DID HIS BRETHREN BELIEVE IN HIM. At first they might take to him, and embrace him as the Messiah, and expect he would set up a temporal kingdom; in which they might hope, on account of the...
For neither did his brethren believe in him. Ver. 5. _For neither did his brethren believe_] This the Jews of this day read with much wonderment; and take occasion from this text to slander our Savio...
_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 UNBELIEF OF CHRIST'S RELATIVES. The sneers of unbelief:...
FOR NEITHER DID HIS BRETHREN BELIEVE IN HIM. The evangelist includes a space of about six months in one short sentence. Jesus had been at Jerusalem for the Feast of Purim, returning immediately to Gal...
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...
Not all his own friends and kindred; he came not only among his own countrymen, but among his own relations, and they received him not; or if they had some opinion of him, and some little hopes concer...
Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ answer denies His mother and brethren for the present, as even Apelles might learn. "The Lord's brethren had not yet believed in Him."[109]...
John 7:5 For G1063 His G846 brothers G80 did G4100 not G3761 believe G4100 (G5707) in G1519 Him...
‘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...
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...
John 7:5. FOR NOT EVEN DID HIS BRETHREN BELIEVE IN HIM. This verse seems to afford an unanswerable argument against those who hold that amongst these ‘brothers' of our Lord were included two or three...
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...
FOR EVEN HIS BRETHREN DID NOT BELIEVE ON HIM (ουδε γαρ ο αδελφο αυτου επιστευον εις αυτον). Literally, "For not even were his brothers believing on him." Imperfect tense of πιστευω with sad picture...
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...
(NOT EVEN HIS BROTHERS BELIEVED IN HIM.) This verse destroys the theory that the "brothers" of Jesus were the sons of Alphaeus, therefore cousins to Jesus. The sons of Alphaeus had long been apostles,...
_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...
BELIEVE THE BEST Even his brethren did not believe on him. John 7:5. Don't you like to think of Jesus growing up as a boy in His home at Nazareth and doing everyday things like any other child? We k...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 7:5 NOT EVEN HIS BROTHERS BELIEVED IN HIM. Even those who had lived in the same house with Jesus for nearly 30 years did not know who he was. ⇐
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....
_For neither did His brethren believe in Him._ They so freely and boldly urged Jesus to come with them to Jerusalem, because they did not fully believe that He was the Christ. For had they believed it...
_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...
John 1:11; Micah 7:5; Micah 7:6; Mark 3:21...
Neither [ο υ δ ε]. Better, as Rev., not even. Did believe [ε π ι σ τ ε υ ο ν]. The imperfect, were believing; referring not to a single act of faith, but to faith as habitual and controlling....