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Selected Verse: John 7:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 7:13 |
Strong Concordance |
Howbeit [3305] no man [3762] spake [2980] openly [3954] of [4012] him [846] for [1223] fear [5401] of the Jews [2453]. |
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King James |
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. |
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] |
| none spake openly of him--that is, in His favor, "for fear of the [ruling] Jews." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Spake openly of him - The word translated "openly," here, is commonly rendered "boldly." This refers doubtless, to those who really believed on him. His enemies were not silent; but his friends had not confidence to speak of him openly or boldly that is, to speak what they really thought. Many supposed that he was the Messiah, yet even this they did not dare to profess. All that they could say in his favor was that he was a good man. There are always many such friends of Jesus in the world who are desirous of saying something good about him, but who, from fear or shame, refuse to make a full acknowledgment of him. Many will praise his morals, his precepts, and his holy life, while they are ashamed to speak of his divinity or his atonement, and still more to acknowledge that they are dependent on him for salvation. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Openly (παῤῥησίᾳ)
The word may mean either without reserve (Joh 10:24; Joh 11:14), or without fear (Joh 11:54). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| However no man spake openly of him - Not in favour of him: for fear of the Jews - Those that were in authority. |
54 Jesus [2424] therefore [3767] walked [4043] no more [3765] openly [3954] among [1722] the Jews [2453]; but [235] went [565] thence [1564] unto [1519] a country [5561] near [1451] to the wilderness [2048], into [1519] a city [4172] called [3004] Ephraim [2187], and there [2546] continued [1304] with [3326] his [846] disciples [3101].
14 Then [5119] [3767] said [2036] Jesus [2424] unto them [846] plainly [3954], Lazarus [2976] is dead [599].
24 Then [3767] came [2944] the Jews [2453] round about [2944] him [846], and [2532] said [3004] unto him [846], How long [2193] [4219] dost thou make [142] us [2257] to doubt [5590]? If [1487] thou [4771] be [1488] the Christ [5547], tell [2036] us [2254] plainly [3954].