AFTER THESE THINGS. See note on John 6:1. Marking. new subject. JESUS. See App-98. WALKED. was walking. Greek. _peripateo._ Compare John 6:18. IN. Greek. _en._ App-104. GALILEE. App-169. WOULD NOT WALK. did not desire (App-102.) to walk. Note the two verbs. NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-105. JEWRY. G... [ Continue Reading ]
THE JEWS' FEAST. See note on John 2:13. OF TABERNACLES. of booths. Not sleaze, as in Septuagint. (Leviticus 23:34.Deuteronomy 16:13; 2 Chronicles 8:13.Ezra 3:4; Ezra 3:4); but _skenopegia. booth-making,_ as in Deuteronomy 16:16; Deuteronomy 31:10;... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS BRETHREN. Compare John 2:12 and Mark 3:21; Mark 3:31. UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. INTO. Greek _eis._ App-104. THAT. in order that. Greek _hina._ SEE. be spectators of. Greek. _theoreo._ App-133. WORKS, See note on John 4:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. SHEW. Greek. _phaneroo._ App-106. Compare John 1:31; John 2:11. WORLD. Put by Figure of speech _Me... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. Therefore. Not the same word as in John 7:10. TIME. seasonable moment. NOT YET. Greek. _oupo._. compound of ou (App-105). The Lord's death was accomplished by Himself. See John 10:17; John 10:18; Luke 9:31. Until that hour (the right hour) came, He was immune (verses: John 7:8; John 7:30; Joh... [ Continue Reading ]
CANNOT. is not (App-105) able to. TESTIFY. bear witness See note on John 1:7. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104. EVIL, Greek. _poneros._ App-128.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO... UP. Greek _anabaino,_ the technical word for going up with others as in. caravan. See John 11:55; Matthew 20:17; Matthew 20:18; Mark 10:32; Mark 10:33.Luke 2:42; Luke 18:31 (compare John 7:35); John 19:4;... [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS. things. ABODE. See note on John 1:32,... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. Not. note of _time_ but of _sequence,_ as in John 2:9; John 2:23; John 2:4; John 2:1, Joh 2:40. John 6:12; John 6:16; John 11:6; John 11:32; John 11:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT. in. Gr _en._ App-104. HE. that man. Emphatic.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Mark 13:5; 1 Timothy 4:1.Jude 1:13. PEOPLE. crowd.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. on account of. Greek. dia. App-104.John 7:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABOUT THE MIDST, &c. Expression Occurs only here. temple. Greek. _hieron._ See note on Matthew 23:16. TAUGHT. began to teach (Imperf. tense).... [ Continue Reading ]
MARVELLED. were wondering. KNOWETH. Greek. _oida._ App-132. See note on 1. LETTERS. Greek. Plural of _gramma._ Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for what is written; e.g. an account (Luke 16:6; Luke 16:7); the Pentateuch (John 5:47); Epistles (Acts 28:21); the whole Scripture... [ Continue Reading ]
ANSWERED... AND SAID. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41 and App-122. The 1611 edition of the A. Y. omitted "and said". MY DOCTRINE, &c. The first of seven declarations that the Lord spoke only the Father's words (See John 8:28; John 8:47; John 12:49; John 14:10; John 14:24; John 17:8). DOCTRINE. teachi... [ Continue Reading ]
IF, &c. For the condition, see App-118. WILL DO. desire (App-102.) to do. WILL. Greek. _thelema._ App-102. KNOW. get to know. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132. See note on John 1:10. OF. Greek. _ek._ App-104. OF. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
GLORY. See note on John 1:14. HIS GLORY, &c.. the glory of Him that sent. THE SAME. He. TRUE. See note on John 3:33. UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. See App-128.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOSES. See note on John 1:17. KEEPETH. doeth. GO... ABOUT. seek.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEVIL. demon. Compare Matthew 11:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE DONE. did. ONE.. Hebrew idiom for "a". See John 1:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE GAVE UNTO YOU. for this cause _(dia_. App-104.John 7:2; John 7:2] _touto)_ has given you. circumcision. Moses mentioned the precept only in Exodus 12:44; Exodus 12:48; Leviticus 12:3. The Law not given by Moses, but based on Genesis 17:9. THE FATHERS. That is, Abraham. on. Greek. _en._ Ap... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE YE ANGRY? Greek _cholao_ (from _chole =_ bile). Occurs only here. EVERY WHIT. entirely (in contrast with one member). WHOLE. sound (in contrast with wound).... [ Continue Reading ]
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 speech _Polyptoton._ App-6. RIGHTEOUS. the righteous. JUDGMENT. App-177.... [ Continue Reading ]
JERUSALEM. See note on Matthew 15:1. Compare Mark 1:5. SEEK. are seeking.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. And. LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. Greek. _ide._ App-133. BOLDLY. openly, as in John 7:4. NOTHING. Greek _ouden._ Compound of _ou._ DO THE RULERS KNOW INDEED?. The rulers have not ascertained, have they? INDEED. Greek. _alethos. truly_ or really. VERY. Same as "indeed" above.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOWBEIT. But, or And yet. THIS MAN. this one. WHEN. whenever. COMETH. may come. WHENCE HE IS: i.e. how He may come. The Rabbis taught that He would come from Bethlehem and then be hid, but none knew where. See Lightfoot, vol. xii, pages 303-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRIED. cried aloud. TAUGHT. was teaching. TRUE. Greek. _alethinos_ (App-175.) See note on John 1:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 John 7:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUGHT. were seeking. TAKE. arrest. See in verses: John 7:32; John 7:44, and Acts 12:4; 2 Corinthians 11:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMETH. shall have come. WILL HE... ?. He will not (Greek. _meti),_ will He? The texts read _me._ MIRACLES. signs. Greek. _Semeion._ See note on John 2:11, and App-176. HATH DONE. did.... [ Continue Reading ]
PHARISEES. See App-120. THAT... MURMURED. murmuring. Greek. _gonguzo._ Occurs elsewhere in John only in John 6:41; John 6:43; John 6:61. OFFICERS, or servants; as in John 18:36. Compare 18.; John 19:6, and Matt,. Joh 26:58. Mark 14:54; Mark 14:65, TO. See John 6:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. Greek _meta._ App-104. I GO. I withdraw. Compare John 6:21; John 6:67.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL. will. I AM. The formula of Divine and eternal existence. See note on John 6:35, and p. John 8:58.... [ Continue Reading ]
AMONG. to. Greek _pros._ App-104. WILL HE GO?. is He about to go? (Two verbs.) THE DISPERSED. Greek _Diaspora. the_ Dispersion. Occurs three times; here, 1 Peter 1:1 ("scattered "), and James 1:1 ("which are scattered abroad"; literally "in the Dispersion"). AMONG. of: GENTILES. So called from th... [ Continue Reading ]
SAYING. Greek. _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. Now on. Greek. _en,_ as in John 7:1. THE LAST DAY. See Leviticus 23:34. THAT. the. DRINK. let him drink.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT. that. Read this in connection with the previous verse: "let him drink that believeth on Me". AS. according as. HATH SAID. hath said [concerning Me]. App-107. OUT OF. Greek. _ek._ App-104. as in verses: John 7:41; John 7:52. Not the same word as in John 7:42. HIS BELLY. Put by Figure of s... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THIS, &c. See note on "And we" (John 1:14). Here the true interpretation is given. THIS SPAKE HE OF THE SPIRIT. Not of the believer. THE SPIRIT. Referring to the gift of _pneuma hagion_ (in the next clause), of which He was the Giver, and believers the recipients. See App-101. RECEIVE. And wh... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. TRUTH. Greek. _alethos._ See note on "indeed" (John 1:47).... [ Continue Reading ]
OTHERS. See App-124. SOME. others. As before. SHALL. COME. What, doth Christ come? (Present tense.)... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SEED OF DAVID. Psalms 110; Psalms 132.Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 11:10; Jeremiah 23:5, &c. BETHLEHEM. See Micah 5:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO. Therefore. WAS. arose A DIVISION. The first of three instances. See John 9:16, and John 10:19. BECAUSE OF HIM. Not only in the three cases noted above, but down to the present day. BECAUSE OF. on account of. Greek. _dia._ App-104.John 7:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOULD HAVE TAKEN HIM. desired to take Him (two verbs). Luke 7:17. See App-102.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME. "Sent", in John 7:32. TO. Greek _pros._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEVER. Greek. _oudepote_ LIKE. thus, as. Some texts omit this last clause, but not Syriac. See note 3, p. 1511. Compare John 4:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE YE, &c.. = Have ye also been led astray (John 7:12)? Referring to _action_ rather than to _thought._... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. RULERS. Members of the Sanhedrin.... [ Continue Reading ]
CURSED. laid under. curse. Greek _epikataratos._ Only here and Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:10; Galatians 1:13. Found often in the Septuagint and in the _Papyri._ See Deissmann's _Light, &c._ p. 93.... [ Continue Reading ]
NICODEMUS. See John 3:2 with John 19:39. HE THAT CAME. See note on "and we" (John 1:14). Some texts omit this clause, but not the Syriac. (App-94, note 3, p. 136).... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE. except (Greek. _ean me)_ first. IT HEAR. it has heard.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEARCH. Search [the Scriptures], as in John 5:39. LOOK. see. App-133. If they had looked, they would have found that Jonah and Hosea arose out of Galilee, and perhaps Elijah, Elisha, and Amos.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND EVERY MAN, &c. From John 7:53 -- John 8:11 is omitted by. T Tr. [A] The Revised Version note questions it. WH place it in double brackets at the end of the Gospel. As to ancient MSS.,. (the Alexandrine, London) and. (Ephraemi, Paris), are defective here, so that the oldest omitting it are (Sinai... [ Continue Reading ]