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Verse John 7:20. _THOU HAST A DEVIL_] The crowd, who made this
answer, were not in the secret of the chief priests. They could not
suppose that any person desired to put him to death for healing a
di...
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THE PEOPLE - Perhaps some of the people who were not aware of the
designs of the rulers.
THOU HAST A DEVIL - Thou art deranged or mad. See John 10:20. As they
saw no effort to kill him, and as they w...
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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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THE PEOPLE ANSWERED.
This answer is not given by "the Jews," of whom the Savior's words
were just spoken (see verse 15), but by "the people," the great
multitude of the nation who were yet undecided....
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"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...
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NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
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DEVIL. demon. Compare Matthew 11:18....
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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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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...
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_Thou hast a devil_ The multitude who have come up from the provinces
know nothing of the designs of the hierarchy, although dwellers in
Jerusalem (John 7:25) are better informed. These provincials th...
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ΔΑΙΜ. ἜΧΕΙΣ. _Thou hast a_ DEMON (see on John 8:48). The
multitude from the provinces know nothing of the designs of the
hierarchy, although dwellers in Jerusalem (John 7:25) are better
informed. Thes...
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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...
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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 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...
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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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ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.), см._ John 7:16....
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THE PEOPLE ANSWERED AND SAID, THOU HAST A DEVIL:— "The common
people, especially those who came from the country to the feast,
knowing nothing of the plot against him, and being under the influence
of...
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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...
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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...
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The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to
kill thee?
THE PEOPLE, [ ho (G3588 ) ochlos (G3793 ), 'THE MULTITUDE'] ANSWERED
AND SAID, THOU HAST A DEVIL: WHO GOETH ABOUT TO K...
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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...
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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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THE PEOPLE. — They know that the rulers have sought for Him (John
7:11), but are not aware of their intention to kill Him. When this is
referred to, it is “by some of them of Jerusalem” (John 7:25).
T...
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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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This, some of the crowd think mere raving. He is a monomaniac
labouring under a hallucination that people wish to kill Him.
Δαιμόνιον … ἀποκτεῖναι; This question,
repudiating the idea that any one see...
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_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...
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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...
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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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_Thou hast a devil: art possessed with a devil, mad, &c. (Witham)_...
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APOSTASY OF THE JEWISH CHURCH
John 7:19-23. _“Did not Moses give you the law? and no one of you
keeps the law.”_ Do you not see the utter collapse and failure of
their religion, as neither priest nor...
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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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Jesus was going to explain Himself, when the portion of this multitude
which was not acquainted with the designs of the rulers, interrupts
Him and charges Him with giving Himself up to gloomy ideas an...
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“ _Has not Moses given you the law? And yet no one of you keeps the
law. Why do you seek to kill me?_ 20. _The multitude answered and
said: Thou art possessed by a demon; who is seeking to kill thee?_...
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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...
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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...
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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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20._Thou hast a devil. _The meaning is, “Thou art mad;” for it was
a customary phrase among the Jews, who had been trained to the
doctrine that, when men are excited to rage, or when they have lost
se...
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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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THE PEOPLE ANSWERED AND SAID,.... These seem to be the country people,
who came from Galilee and other parts, who knew nothing of the designs
of the Jerusalem Jews upon him; nor were they his downrigh...
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The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to
kill thee?
Ver. 20. _Thou hast a devil_] This he passeth by as a frontless
slander, not worth refuting, but proceeds to maintain th...
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_Did not Moses give you the law_ As if he had said, But you are
unrighteous; for you violate the very law for which you profess so
much zeal. There is a remarkable beauty in this sudden turn of the
se...
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HAS A DEVIL; are influenced by an evil spirit....
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THE PEOPLE ANSWERED AND SAID, THOU HAST A DEVIL; WHO GOETH ABOUT TO
KILL THEE?...
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A reference to the healing of the sick man:...
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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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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...
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The Jews had an opinion, that whosoever was beside himself, and talked
distractedly, was influenced with an evil spirit; so as, THOU HAST A
DEVIL, is no more than, Thou art mad; unless we will take th...
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John 7:20 people G3793 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said G2036
(G5627) have G2192 (G5719) demon...
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‘The crowds answered, ‘you have a demon. Who is seeking to kill
you?'
This suggestion upset the people who were listening. They may well
have been standing round in the Temple area, listening to vario...
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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...
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John 7:20. THE MULTITUDE ANSWERED, THOU HAST A DEMON; WHO SEEKETH TO
KILL THEE? It is important to observe that this answer is returned by
the _multitude_, not by those to whom John 7:19 is addressed,...
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In this section Jesus appears at the feast to which He went up when
His Father's, and therefore His own, hour was come. The opportunity
afforded by it of teaching is embraced, and we are presented wit...
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THE MULTITUDE
(ο οχλος). Outside of Jerusalem (the Galilean crowd as in verses
John 7:11) and so unfamiliar with the effort to kill Jesus recorded in
John 5:18. It is important in this chapter to di...
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DEVIL
demon.
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 7:22). _...
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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...
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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 CROWD ANSWERED. Did they know the authorities were trying to kill
Jesus? Johnson thinks they did not. They say Jesus is possessed by a
demon to have such ideas....
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_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...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 7:20 Compare John 8:48; John 10:20; M
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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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_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...
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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 26:24; John 10:20; John 8:48; John 8:52; Mark 3:21;...
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A devil [δ α ι μ ο ν ι ο ν]. Or more correctly, a demon. See
on Mark 1:34. The name was applied to Jesus by the multitude [ο χ λ
ο ς] and not by those whom He was addressing in ver. 19, because of
the...
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The people answered, Thou hast a devil — A lying spirit. Who seeketh
to kill thee? — These, coming from distant parts, probably did not
know the design of the priests and rulers....