John 7:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• John 7:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision - Moses commanded you to circumcise your children, Leviticus 12:3 . The word “therefore” in this place - literally “on account of this” - means, “Moses...

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• John 7:22 - 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 7:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  therefore gave unto you . for this cause (dia . App-104. John 7:2 ; John 7:2 ] touto) has given you. circumcision. Moses mentioned the precept only in Exodus 12:44 ; Exodus 12:48 ; Leviticus...

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• John 7:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  22. Therefore Moses gave you circumcision The particle therefore appears to be unsuitable; and, accordingly, some take διὰ τούτο ( on this account, or therefore) in the sense of διὰ...

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• John 7:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. But of the fathers - That is, it came from the patriarchs. Ci...

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• John 7:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  I have done one work, &c.— It is plain, that the miracle of Bethesda, here referred to, was wrought a year and a half before this feast; but they made use of it as a pretence to destroy him, be...

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• John 7:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. Moses therefore gave unto you - or, 'For this cause h...

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• John 7:22 - 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 7:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision. — Some MSS., and many editors, place the “therefore,” or, on this account, at the close of the last verse, reading, “Ye all marvel on this account,” an...

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• John 7:22 - 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 7:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  How to Know the Truth of Jesus' Word John 7:14-24 Jesus now went up to the feast, not because he was prompted by the worldly policy suggested by His brethren, but because He was led by His Fath...

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• John 7:22 - 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 7:22 - 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 7:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision ,.... The command of circumcision, which he renewed and established, Leviticus 12:3 ; (not because, or that it is of Moses ; originally, or that he was...

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• John 7:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 22. Moses therefore ] Tam severus sabbati exactor,...

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• John 7:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jesus answered, I have done one good work, and ye all marvel I have done a miracle of an extraordinary kind on the sabbath day, an action which ye think inconsistent with the character of a good...

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• John 7:22 - 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 7:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles.       14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.   15 And the Jew...

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• John 7:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  OLBGrk; The particle therefore, or, for this, dia touto, maketh in this verse a great difficulty, what the meaning of it should be. The most probable account of it is, that it belongeth to the fo...

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• John 7:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Jesus Teaches Openly In The Temple And Pleads For Right Judgment ( John 7:14-24 ). But whilst Jesus was taking every precaution He knew that He could not allow His own safety to hinder the proclam...

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• John 7:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 7:14 . Now about the midst, etc. —The middle of the feast, or “the lesser feast.” It was the fourth day of the feast most likely. Taught. —For the first time...

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• John 7:22 - Scofield Reference Notes

  but of the fathers ( Genesis 17:10 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 12:1 ).

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• John 7:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 7:14 . Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. He was no coward, so he boldly showed himself in the midst of the throng in the temple. John 7:15 . And...

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• John 7:22 - 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 7:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Did not Moses give you the law? Murder in desire The desire to kill Christ I. WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR RELIGIOUS PROFESSION. They professedly believed in Moses, and esteemed him highly. B...

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• John 7:22 - 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 7:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A reference to the healing of the sick man:

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• John 7:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Galatians 3:17 ; Genesis 17:10-14 ; Leviticus 12:3 ; Romans 4:9-11

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• John 7:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Moses gave you circumcision — The sense is, because Moses enjoined you circumcision (though indeed it was far more ancient than him) you think it no harm to circumcise a man on the Sabbath: and are...

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