John 7:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. ”

• John 7:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Murmuring - Contention, disputing. He deceiveth the people - That is, he is deluding them, or drawing them away by pretending to be the Messiah.

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• John 7:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Secret Visit. Soon, however, He receives the Divine intimation, for which He always waits ( cf. John 2:4 , John 11:6 f.) and goes up secretly. The Jews are discussing Him, and various opini...

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• John 7:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  murmuring . See note on John 6:41 among. Greek. en. App-104. people . crowds. concerning . Greek peri. App-104. said . were saying. Nay . Greek. ou. App-105. deceiveth . leadeth...

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• John 7:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  12. And there was much murmuring. He means that, wherever men were collected in crowds, as usually happens in large assemblies, they held secret conversations about Christ. The diversity of...

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• John 7:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. Some said, He is a good man - The multitude were divided...

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• John 7:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Then the Jews sought him, &c.— Jesus did not appear publicly, immediatelyon his arrival in Jerusalem, which occasioned many doubtsconcerning his character: some affirmed, that he was a true pro...

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• John 7:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. And there was much murmuring [or 'muttering' g...

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• John 7:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 7:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And there was much murmuring among the people. — The original word for “people” is here, and here only in St. John, in the plural, and is best rendered by multitudes. It refers to the throngs of...

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• John 7:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• John 7:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Known by Our Attitude toward Jesus John 7:1-13 This feast was celebrated in October. Six entire months had elapsed between this and the preceding chapter. During the Feast of Tabernacles the pe...

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• John 7:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 yea...

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• John 7:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. (11) Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? (12) And there was mu...

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• John 7:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him ,.... There was a general whisper, and a private controversy and contention among the people about him, upon inquiry being made after him...

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• John 7:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. Ver. 12. For some said ] All men were not of a mind c...

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• John 7:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then the Jews The men of Judea, particularly of Jerusalem, not seeing him appear as usual; sought him at the feast Namely, at the beginning of it; and said, Where is he? What is become of Jesus...

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• John 7:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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, lo...

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• John 7:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Discourse with His Brethren; The Rumours Respecting Christ.       1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not...

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• John 7:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Our Saviour's constant attendance at these public festivals, did not only create an expectation of his being there amongst his enemies, who therefore sought him there, that they might destroy him; bu...

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• John 7:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Jesus In Danger ( John 7:1-13 ). It is now made clear that at this stage Jesus was under constant threat of death from the authorities in Judea and Jerusalem, so much so that He was unable to go t...

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• John 7:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 7:1 . Jewry .— i.e. Judæa. Kill Him. —See John 5:18 . John 7:2 . Feast of tabernacles. —Fifteenth day of seventh month, Tisri (September–October). See H...

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• John 7:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 7:1-5 . After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. His brethren therefore...

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• John 7:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• John 7:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  After these things Jesus walked in Galilee. The situation surveyed I. THE SCENE IN GALILEE: the attitude of Christ’s brethren. 1. The counsel they offered. That Christ should repair to the c...

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• John 7:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• John 7:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles. The murmuring concerning Jesus:

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• John 7:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 11:24 ; John 10:19-21 ; John 6:14 ; John 7:25-27 ; John 7:32 ; John 7:40-43 ; John 7:47 ; John 7:52 ; John 9:16 ; Luke 18:19 ; Luke 23:47 ; Luke 23:50 ; Luke 6:45 ; Luke 7:16 ; Ma...

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• John 7:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  There was much murmuring among the multitude — Much whispering; many private debates with each other, among those who were come from distant parts.

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