John 7

John 7:3

His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

His kinsmen therefore said unto him, What doest thou here, in this obscure corner of Galilee? Go thy ways up to the famous and frequent city of Jerusalem, where all the confluence is of the Tribes of Israel, and Proselytes from all parts; that thou mayest win and confirm thy disciples with thy miracles. VII. 6, 7. My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. It is not yet a seasonable time for me to go up to Jerusalem: ye may go when ye please; all times are alike to you: the world is your friend, and favours you in your designs; but me it hateth, because I reprove the wickedness of it.

John 7:13

Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

No man spake openly in his approbation and defence, for fear of the censure of the Jewish Rulers; which had decreed to excommunicate any man, that should profess respect unto him.

John 7:16

Jesus answered them, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

I do not deliver the doctrine which I teach, as my own, but as my Heavenly Father’s, which hath sent me.

John 7:17

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

If any man shall, with a simple and honest heart, yield himself over to do the will of my Father, according to the measure of that he knows, God shall encourage and bless that man with further light; so as he shall fully know whether my doctrine be of God, or of myself.

John 7:21

I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

I have done one charitable and miraculous work on the Sabbath day, namely the cure of a palsied man; and ye are all wondering, and yet mutinying at it.

John 7:22

Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

Under the law of Moses, ye were enjoined circumcision; not that Moses was the first institutor thereof, but God to our father Abraham; and ye do, without scruple, practise it accordingly, even upon the Sabbath day.

John 7:24

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Look seriously into the true state and ground of things; and do not judge according to fancy or outward appearances, but esteem of things as they really are. VII. 26, 27. But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? Howbeit, we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. Is it out of guiltiness, that our Rulers are thus silent? Do they know indeed, that this is the very Christ? If they do so, sure we think they mis-know him; for we have learnt, that when the Messiah comes, no man shall know or declare his generation; but for this man, we know his kindred and pedigree. VII. 28, 29. Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. Ye mutter secretly, that ye know me and the place of my birth and my parentage, but ye are utterly mistaken; for I have a Father in Heaven, whom ye know not: I came not of myself, but my Father is he that sent me, who is the God of Truth; of whom ye, after all your pretences of knowledge, are utterly ignorant: But I do perfectly know him, as I have good reason; for both I am from him by eternal generation, and by him sent into the world to do this great work of redemption.

John 7:33

Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.

Ye seek to lay hands on me; but know, that my time is set: it shall not be long, ere I put an end to this your contempt and persecution; and, departing from you, shall return to my Father that sent me.

John 7:34

Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

Then ye, my persecutors, shall seek me in vain; for ye shall not find me: I shall be quite out of your reach; and where I am, thither can ye not come.

John 7:37

In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.

In the last day of the feast, which day they called the Great Hosannah, Jesus stood, and took occasion, by their solemn fetching up of water from the Well of Siloa, at the foot of Mount Sion, for their sacrifices and libations, to speak of better waters; and cried, saying, If any man thirst spiritually, let him come to me and drink.

John 7:39

The Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.

The miraculous and sanctifying gifts of the Holy Ghost were not as yet so fully given, as they were afterwards, when Jesus was received up into glory. VII. 18, 49. Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. Were this man such as you pretend, do ye think that the Rulers and the Pharisees, men of better judgment than yourselves, would not have discerned and acknowledged him? They know the Law, and, according to that, judge infallibly; but this ignorant multitude, that hath no insight into the Law of God, lies open to miserable seduction and error, and is therein accursed.