“ Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. ”
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 h...
Howbeit no man spake (c) openly of him for fear of the Jews. (c) Or, boldly and freely: for the majority of the Jews wanted nothing more than to extinguish his fame and his name.
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...
for . on account of. Greek. dia. App-104. John 7:2 .
13. Yet no man spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews. By the Jews he here means the rulers, who had the government in their hands. They burned with such hatred against Christ, that the...
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
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...
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. Howbeit no man spake openly of him (that is, in His favour) for fear of the Jews. Since the people who feared the Jews were themselves...
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...
No man cannot fairly be limited, as it generally has been, to the multitude who believed in Him. It discloses to us rather a reign of terror, in which opinion was stifled, and men dared not speak o...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ASHAMED OF JESUS ‘No man spake openly of Him for fear of the Jews.’ John 7:13 The seventh chapter is divided from the preceding one by a wide interval of time. The many miracles which our Lord...
Howbeit, no man spoke openly of him ,.... So loud as to be overheard, at least by many, but in a secret and whispering way; or did not speak with freedom, or all their mind, what they really thought...
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. Ver. 13. For fear of the Jews ] Who had made an order (it seems) somewhat like that of the Jesuits' edict at Dola in the country of Burgun...
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...
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...
Christ's Discourse with His Brethren; The Rumours Respecting Christ. 1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not...
Though many, both of the Galilaeans, among whom he had conversed, and of the common people of Judea, had a very good opinion of Christ, yet the rulers of the Jews were in such a rage against him, tha...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles. The murmuring concerning Jesus:
2 Timothy 2:9-13 ; Galatians 2:12 ; Galatians 2:13 ; John 12:42 ; John 12:43 ; John 19:38 ; John 20:19 ; John 3:2 ; John 9:22 ; John 9:34 ; Proverbs 29:25 ; Revelation 2:13
However no man spake openly of him — Not in favour of him: for fear of the Jews — Those that were in authority.