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Selected Verse: John 7:24 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 7:24 |
King James |
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Judge not, &c.--that is, Rise above the letter into the spirit of the law. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Judge not according to the appearance - Not as a thing first offers itself to you, without reflection or candor. In appearance, to circumcise a child on the Sabbath might be a violation of the law; yet you do it, and it is right. So, to appearance, it might be a violation of the Sabbath to heal a man, yet it is right to do works of necessity and mercy.
Judge righteous judgment - Candidly; looking at the law, and inquiring what its spirit really requires. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
righteous
(See Scofield) - (Jo1 3:7). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Appearance (ὄψιν)
Primarily, seeing or sight. In Joh 11:44; Rev 1:16, face, and hence external appearance. The word occurs only in the three passages cited.
Righteous judgment (τὴν δικαίαν κρίσιν)
Properly, the righteous judgment; that which is appropriate to the case in hand. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Judge not according to the appearance - Attend to the law, not merely in the letter, but in its spirit and design. Learn that the law which commands men to rest on the Sabbath day is subordinate to the law of mercy and love, which requires them to be ever active to promote God's glory in the comfort and salvation of their fellow creatures; and endeavor to judge of the merit or demerit of an action, not from the first impression it may make upon your prejudices but from its tendency, and the motives of the person, as far as it is possible for you to acquaint yourselves with them; still believing the best, where you have no certain proof to the contrary. |
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.