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Selected Verse: John 7:1 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 7:1 |
King James |
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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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
CHRIST AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. (John 7:1-53)
After these things--that is, all that is recorded after Joh 5:18.
walked in Galilee--continuing His labors there, instead of going to Judea, as might have been expected.
sought to kill him--referring back to Joh 5:18. Hence it appears that our Lord did not attend the Passover mentioned in Joh 6:4 --being the third since His ministry began, if the feast mentioned in Joh 5:1 was a Passover. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
After these things - After the transactions which are recorded in the last chapters had taken place, and after the offence he had given the Jews. See Joh 5:18.
Jesus walked - Or Jesus lived, or taught. He traveled around Galilee teaching.
In Jewry - In Judea, the southern division of Palestine. Compare the notes at Joh 4:3.
The Jews sought - That is, the rulers of the Jews. It does not appear that the common people ever attempted to take his life. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| After these things Jesus walked in Galilee - That is, continued there, for some months after the second passover. For he would not walk - Continue in Judea; because the Jews - Those of them who did not believe; and in particular the chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees, sought an opportunity to kill him. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
After these things - St. John passes from the preceding discourse of our Lord, which he delivered a little before the passover, Joh 6:4, to the Feast of Tabernacles, which happened six months after, and thus omits many things mentioned by the other evangelists, which our blessed Lord said and did during that time. He had already gone over Galilee four or five times; and he continued there, because he found that the hatred of the Jews was such that they would kill him if they could meet with him in Judea; and his time to suffer was not yet come.
For he would not walk in Jewry - Instead of this, some MSS., versions, and fathers read, ουγαρ ειχεν εξουσιαν, he had not authority, or liberty to walk, etc. That is, he was no longer tolerated, and could not preach publicly in Judea, but at the risk of his life. He found greater scope for the exercise of his important ministry in Galilee than in Judea, as the chief priests, etc., were continually plotting his death. |
1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
3 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.