The Jews — i.e., as before, and as in John 7:13; John 7:15, the official representatives of the nation. They kept seeking Him at the feast, where they naturally expected that He would be, and kept asking, without naming Him, Where is He? which is almost equivalent to Where is this fellow? Their question points out that their hostility had gone as far as a definite plot against Him, and that the knowledge of this was widely spread.
Verse John 7:11. _THEN THE JEWS SOUGHT HIM_] By Jews here are to be understood the scribes, Pharisees, and _rulers_ of the people, and not the inhabitants of the province of Judea. It appears, from t...
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...
THEN THE JEWS SOUGHT HIM AT THE FEAST. His fame had become so great that his appearance at this feast was looked forward to with expectation, and the Jews were on the watch for him in order to observe...
NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
When his brothers had gone up to the festival, then he too went up, not openly, but, as it were, in secret. So the Jews searched for him at the festival, and kept saying: "Where is he?" And there was...
AT. in. Gr _en._ App-104. HE. that man. Emphatic....
_the Jews_ The hostile party, as usual: comp. John 7:1. Both here and in John 7:6 -then" should rather be THEREFORE: comp. John 6:53; John 6:67-68. The force of the -
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...
ΟἹ ΟΥ̓͂Ν Ἰ. The hostile party _therefore_; because they did not find Him in the caravan of pilgrims from Galilee. Note the imperfects, implying continued action. ἘΚΕΙ͂ΝΟΣ. That man of whom we have he...
THE DISCOURSES AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES Of this section John 7:10-13 are introductory....
VER 9. WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE WORDS TO THEM, HE ABODE STILL IN GALILEE. 10. BUT WHEN HIS BRETHREN WERE GONE UP, THEN WENT HE ALSO UP TO THE FEAST, NOT OPENLY, BUT AS IT WERE IN SECRET. 11. THEN THE JE...
_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...
ΟΎΝ (G3767) _temp._ использование, тогда. ΈΖΉΤΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΖΗΤΈΩ, _см._ John 7:1. Iterat. _impf._, "постоянно искали Его"....
THEN THE JEWS SOUGHT HIM, &C.— Jesus did not appear publicly, immediatelyon his arrival in Jerusalem, which occasioned many doubtsconcerning his character: some affirmed, that he was a true prophet, a...
VARING IDEAS OF THE MULTITUDES _Text 7:10-13_ 10 But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret. 11 The Jews therefore sought him...
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...
Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? THEN THE JEWS SOUGHT HIM AT THE FEAST, AND SAID, WHERE IS HE? "The Jews" here mean the rulers; see the note at . They sought Him on th...
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...
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...
_Disappointment at Jesus' non-appearance_....
Οἱ οὖν Ἰουδαῖοι … ἐκεῖνος; “the Jews,” possibly, as usual in John, the authorities (so Meyer, Weiss, etc.), and thus in contrast to the ὄχλοι of John 7:12; but John 7:15 rather indicates that the term...
_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...
CHAPTER 2 JESUS AT THE FESTIVAL OF TABERNACLES John 7:11-16. _“Therefore the Jews continued to seek Him at the feast, and say, Where is He? And there was much murmuring concerning Him among the mult...
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...
“ _The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, where is He? 12_. _And there was much murmuring concerning him among the multitudes.Some said, He is a good man. Others said, No, but he leads...
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...
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...
11._The Jews therefore sought him. _Here we ought to consider what was the condition of the Church. For the Jews, at that time, gaped for the promised redemption like hungry men; yet, when Christ appe...
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...
THEN THE JEWS SOUGHT HIM AT THE FEAST,.... Some to take him and kill him, and others to hear his doctrine, and see his miracles: for all expected him at the feast, knowing it was always his custom, as...
Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? Ver. 11. _Where is he?_] Not, "where is Jesus?" They could not find in their hearts to call him by his name, they were so full of malice...
_Then the Jews_ The men of Judea, particularly of Jerusalem, not seeing him appear as usual; _sought him at the feast_ Namely, at the beginning of it; _and said, Where is he?_ What is become of Jesus?...
THEN THE JEWS SOUGHT HIM AT THE FEAST AND SAID, WHERE IS HE?...
JESUS AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. The murmuring concerning Jesus:...
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...
Our Saviour's constant going up to the Jewish feasts, made the rulers of the Jews, who sought to slay him at the feast of the passover, 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18, (which was but six months before this), be...
John 7:11 Then G3767 Jews G2453 sought G2212 (G5707) Him G846 at G1722 feast G1859 and G2532 said...
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...
‘The Judaisers therefore were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?”.' True to form the Judaisers had had their spies out. There was no doubt that they had been looking for Him and h...
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 7:11. THE JEWS THEREFORE SOUGHT HIM AT THE FEAST, AND SAID, WHERE IS HE? Their expectation that He would be present at this festival may have rested on no other ground than the national usage, to...
THE JEWS (ο Ιουδαιο). The hostile leaders in Jerusalem, not the Galilean crowds (John 7:12) nor the populace in Jerusalem (John 7:25).SOUGHT (εζητουν). Imperfect active of ζητεω, "were seeking," p...
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...
THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES WERE LOOKING FOR HIM. The authorities hated Jesus even more because he was popular with the people. See Matthew 10:34. People "sort themselves out" by their belief or unbelief i...
_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...
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....
_The Jews therefore sought Him at the feast, and said, Where is He_? S. Chrysostom says that on a feast day they were always disposed to murder, and they endeavoured to catch Him on feast days. And Eu...
_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 11:56...
Then [ο υ ν]. Better, therefore; because He did not come up with the Galilaeans. Sought [ε ζ η τ ο υ ν]. The imperfect : kept seeking; persistently sought for Him. He [ε κ ε ι ν ο ς]. Emphatic : tha...
The Jews — The men of Judea, particularly of Jerusalem....