On the character of Nicodemus, see Notes on John 3. His position here is that of a friend of Jesus, who still does not dare to declare himself His open follower.
He that came to Jesus by night. — Comp. Note on John 3:2. The better reading here is, probably, he that came to Him before.
Being one of them contains the answer to their question, “Hath any one (as above) of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on Him?” (John 7:48).
Verse John 7:50. _NICODEMUS - BEING ONE OF THEM_] That is, a Pharisee, and a ruler of the Jews: John 3:1....
NICODEMUS - See John 3:1. ONE OF THEM - That is, one of the great council or Sanhedrin. God often places one or more pious men in legislative assemblies to vindicate his honor and his law; and he ofte...
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 LAST DAY OF THE FEAST. The Feast of Tabernacles, the feast of the ingathering at the end of summer, lasted seven days in early times (Deuteronomy 16:13). An eighth day was added later (Leviticus 2...
NICODEMUS SAID. It was. "ruler" who now spoke. The impression made on Nicodemus in that night interview, long before, had been permanent....
So the officers came to the chief priests and the Pharisees. They said to them: "Why did you not bring him here?" The attendants answered: "Never did a man speak as he speaks." So the Pharisees answer...
NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
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)....
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...
_he that came to Jesus by night_ The better reading seems to be, _he that came_ TO HIM BEFORE. See on John 3:1-2. His -being one of them" contradicts what is implied in John 7:48, that no member of th...
ΠΡὈΣ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ ΠΡΌΤΕΡΟΝ for νυκτὸς πρὸς αὐτόν. Here also there is much variation in the readings. 50. Ὁ ἘΛΘῺΝ ΠΡΌΤΕΡΟΝ. see on John 3:1-2. His being ‘one of them’ answers the challenge in John 7:48, ‘Hat...
OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE DISCOURSES...
VER 1A. IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD,...
_DIVISION OVER WHO JESUS IS -- JOHN 7:40-53:_ There was division over the identify of Jesus. Some said He was a fraud and deceiver. Others said that He was the Prophet or that He was the Christ. He wa...
ΈΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. пот. masc. sing. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) идти. Part, в роли _subst._, "тот, кто" ών _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΊΜΙ (G1510) быть....
NICODEMUS SAITH UNTO THEM,— From the presence of Nicodemus, this appears to have been a meeting of the council whereof he was a member; for had it been a private cabal of the great men to take away Ch...
DISCOURSE ON THE LIVING WATER _Text 7:37-52_ 37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. 38 He that belie...
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...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 7:32-53 The following is a general Outline of the passage which is to be before us:— Before examining in detail the dosing verses of John 7 this will be the bes...
Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) NICODEMUS - reappearing to us after nearly three years' absence from the history, as a member of the council, then s...
41 Ever since the days of Moses the nation of Israel has been waiting for the Prophet Who was to be like him, and lead the nation out of worse than Egyptian bondage into the heritage of the kingdom. T...
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...
To this strong expression one of their own number (and therefore to their great surprise), Nicodemus, the same person who had visited Jesus under cover of night, takes exception and makes a protest. ...
_Anger of the Sanhedrim on receiving the report of their officers_....
THE BLINDNESS OF PREJUDICE John 7:40-53 These short descriptions of the impressions made on His hearers by the discourses of Jesus indicate the double development which was resulting from His minist...
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...
NICODEMUS VINDICATES HIM John 7:50-52. _“Nicodemus says to them, being one of them, Whether does our law condemn a man until it may first have a hearing with him, and know what he doeth? They responde...
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...
1. THE TRUE SOURCE: 7:37-52. John reports the discourse of Jesus and gives the explanation of it (John 7:37-39); he describes the different impressions of the multitude (John 7:40-44); he gives an acc...
III. ON AND AFTER THE GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST: 7:37-8:59. The last and great day of the feast has arrived; Jesus lays aside the apologetic form which until now He has given to His teachings. His word a...
“ _Nicodemus, who came to him before by night and who was one of them, says to them_, 51. _Does our law then condemn a man before hearing from him and taking knowledge of what he does?_ 52. _They answ...
Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? (46) The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. (47) Then answered them the...
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...
50._Nicodemus said to them. _The Evangelist describes _Nicodemus _as a neutral man, who does not venture to undertake in good earnest the defense of sound doctrine, and yet cannot endure to have the t...
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...
NICODEMUS SAITH UNTO THEM,.... To the Jewish sanhedrim, who were running down Christ, and his followers, in great wrath and fury: HE THAT CAME TO JESUS BY NIGHT; see John 3:1; BEING ONE OF THEM; a m...
Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) Ver. 50. _Nicodemus saith unto them_] Good blood will not belie itself; love, as fire, will not long be hidden. Croesus...
_Nicodemus, he who came to Jesus by night_ Having now got a little more courage; _being one of them_ Being present, as a member of the great council, _saith to them, Doth our law judge_ (κρινει, conde...
ONE OF THEM; one of the great council, or rulers of the Jewish nation. Chap John 3:2....
The report of the guard:...
NICODEMUS SAITH UNTO THEM, (HE THAT CAME TO JESUS BY NIGHT, BEING ONE OF THEM,)...
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...
TO JESUS: _ Gr._ to him...
40-53 The malice of Christ's enemies is always against reason, and sometimes the staying of it cannot be accounted for. Never any man spake with that wisdom, and power, and grace, that convincing cle...
Of Nicodemus we read, and of his coming by night to Jesus, 1 THESSALONIANS 3:1,2. He now, being one of this great court, stands up to speak for Christ, yet faintly, or at least very prudently and wari...
John 7:50 Nicodemus G3530 came G2064 (G5631) Jesus G846 by G4314 night G3571 being G5607 (G5752) one...
‘Nicodemus, he who came to Him before, being one of them, says to them, “Does our law judge a man unless it first hear from himself and know what he does?” Present among them was Nicodemus, who had pr...
THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND PHARISEES DISMISS BELIEF IN HIM AS RIDICULOUS (JOHN 7:45). Sitting waiting in their quarters the leading religious authorities were seething. The last thing that they wanted was...
John 7:50-51. NICODEMUS SAITH UNTO THEM (HE THAT CAME TO HIM BEFORE, BEING ONE OF THEM), DOTH OUR LAW JUDGE A MAN, EXCEPT IT HAVE FIRST HEARD FROM HIMSELF AND LEARNED WHAT HE DOETH? Twice already in t...
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...
NICODEMUS (Νικοδημος). Not heard from since chapter 3 when he timidly came to Jesus by night. Now he boldly protests against the injustice of condemning Jesus unheard. He appears once more (and onl...
John 7:30. _Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracle...
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...
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...
ACCORDING TO OUR LAW. The Law required justice. Nicodemus uses it to try to help Jesus. NO PROPHET EVER COMES FROM GALILEE. Their anger makes them tell a lie. Jonah, Elijah, and Nahum were all from Ga...
_On the last day, that great day of the feast_ JESUS THE CHRIST I. PROFFERING BLESSINGS. 1. Water for the thirsty (John 7:37; Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:11;...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 7:50 NICODEMUS. See John 3:1. ⇐...
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 7:41. THE CHRIST.—Hearts open to the truth were convinced and confessed Him. BUT SOME SAID, ETC.—These were unlike the guileless Nathanael (John 1:46). He asked w...
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 19:39; John 3:1; John 3:2...
He that came to Him by night [ο ε λ θ ω ν ν υ κ τ ο ς π ρ ο ς α υ τ ο ν]. The texts vary, either substituting proteron, before, for nuktov, by night, or omitting the whole clause, and reading, Nicodem...
Nicodemus, he that came to him by night — Having now a little more courage, being one of them — Being present as a member of the great council, saith to them — Do not we ourselves act as if we knew no...
Here observe, 1. How God stirs up Nicodemus, though he durst not openly own Christ, yet to plead for him, that he might not be condemned before heard; this was. common rule of justice, and nothing but...