John 7:32 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. ”

• John 7:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The people murmured such things - That is, that the question was agitated whether he was the Messiah; that it excited debate and contention; and that the consequence was, he made many friends. Th...

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• John 7:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (14) The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. (14) As the kingdom of God increases, so increases th...

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• John 7:32 - 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 7:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Pharisees . See App-120. that... murmured . murmuring. Greek. gonguzo. Occurs elsewhere in John only in John 6:41 ; John 6:43 ; John 6:61 . officers , or servants; as in John 18:36 . Compa...

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• John 7:32 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  32. The Pharisees heard. Hence it appears that the Pharisees, like persons set on the watch, were anxious on all occasions not to permit Christ to be known. In the first instance the Evangel...

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• John 7:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. The people murmured such things - The people began to be co...

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• John 7:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Then they sought to take him, &c.— The defence made by our Lord did not pacify his enemies; for some of them would gladly have apprehended him: however, none of them had the courage to lay hold...

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• John 7:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. The Pharisees heard that the people murmured [or 'h...

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• John 7:32 - 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 7:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The Pharisees heard that the people murmured. — Or, more exactly, the Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring. In the second clause of the verse, the Authorised version follows the order of the R...

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• John 7:32 - 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 7:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a Spring of Life-giving Water John 7:32-39 “The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God.” The truth of that saying clearly appears in the earlier part of this section. When th...

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• John 7:32 - 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 7:32 - 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 7:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The Pharisees heard that the people murmured ,.... Or whispered, privately talked among themselves: such things concerning him ; as that surely he must be the Messiah, since such wonderful things...

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• John 7:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. Ver. 32. The Pharisees heard ] They had their scouts, a...

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• John 7:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then they sought to take him “The defence which he made did not pacify his enemies, for some of them would gladly have apprehended him; however, none of them had the courage to lay hands on him, be...

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• John 7:32 - 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 7:32 - 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 7:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Murmured here is taken in a different sense from what it was before, and signifieth as much as whispered, or talked privately among themselves. The chief priests, who were afraid that their honour...

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• John 7:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Net Is Drawing Tighter - Questions Among The People ( John 7:25-35 ). It is quite clear that the impact of Jesus' ministry has been such that everyone is talking about Him. The whole of Jerusa...

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• John 7:32 - 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 7:32 - 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 7:32 - 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 7:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And many of the people believed on Him. The favourably disposed, and the malignantly opposed to Christ I. THOSE WHO WERE FAVOURABLY DISPOSED ( John 7:31 ). The commonalty, who were more or less...

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• John 7:32 - 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 7:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The anxiety of the Pharisees:

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• John 7:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 5:26 ; John 11:47 ; John 11:48 ; John 12:19 ; John 18:3 ; John 7:45 ; John 7:46 ; John 7:47-53 ; Luke 22:52 ; Luke 22:53 ; Matthew 12:23 ; Matthew 12:24 ; Matthew 23:13

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• John 7:32 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Living Water John 7:28-39 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Did the rulers know that Jesus was the Christ? They should have known it. They saw the works which He did, and His works showed that He was...

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