John 7:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? ”

• John 7:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Do the rulers know indeed ... - It seems from this that they supposed that the rulers had been convinced that Jesus was the Messiah, but that from some cause they were not willing yet to make it...

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• John 7:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Results in Jerusalem. The surprise of the Jews at His accusation of murder shows that they were ignorant of the plans of their leaders. Some of the Jerusalemites are better informed, and cannot und...

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• John 7:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  But . And. lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. Greek. ide. App-133. boldly . openly, as in John 7:4 . nothing. Greek ouden. Compound of ou. Do the rulers know indeed? . The ru...

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• John 7:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? That this is the very Christ? - In most of the common printed editions αληθως is fo...

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• John 7:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Then said some of them, &c.— The inhabitants of Jerusalem, always Christ's bitter enemies, asked with surprize, if our Lord's boldness, and the silence of the rulers, proceeded from their havin...

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• John 7:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? But, lo 'And, lo' [ kai ( G2532 ) ide ( G2396 )], he speaketh bo...

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• John 7:26 - 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 7:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  But they, too, have reason for wonder. They hear Him speaking openly, and those who sought His death listen to Him without reply. Are they, then, convinced of the truth of His claim? Do the rulers...

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• John 7:26 - 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 7:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Unavoidable Christ John 7:25-31 The freedom with which Jesus preached arrested the attention of the people in Jerusalem, and many wondered whether the cessation of hostility indicated a tac...

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• John 7:26 - 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 7:26 - 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 7:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But lo, he speaketh boldly ,.... And with great freedom, and openly and publicly in the temple, as if he had a licence from the chief priests for so doing: and they say nothing to him ; do not con...

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• John 7:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? Ver. 26. But lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him ] God restrain...

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• John 7:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then While our Lord was thus discoursing in the temple; some of them of Jerusalem Some of the inhabitants of the city, who knew more of the designs of the sanhedrim than the others who had spoken...

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• John 7:26 - 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 7:26 - 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 7:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The first search being over, it is probable that the rulers had not heard that Christ was come up to the feast; this made the people think that they had some knowledge that he was the Messias, otherw...

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• John 7:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘Some therefore of those of Jerusalem said, “Is not this he whom they seek to put to death? And see, he speaks openly and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the Rulers indeed know that this is t...

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• John 7:26 - 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 7:26 - 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 7:26 - 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 7:26 - 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 7:26 - 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 7:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The origin of Jesus:

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• John 7:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Timothy 1:7 ; 2 Timothy 1:8 ; Acts 4:13 ; Ephesians 6:19 ; Ephesians 6:20 ; Isaiah 42:4 ; Isaiah 50:7 ; Isaiah 50:8 ; John 11:47-53 ; John 12:42 ; John 7:48 ; John 9:22 ; Luke 7:30 ;...

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