John 7:36 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ What manner of saying is this that he said,Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: andwhere I am, thither ye cannot come? ”

• John 7:36 - 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 7:36 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  saying . Greek. logos. See note on Mark 9:32 .

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• John 7:36 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1647 CHRIST MAY BE SOUGHT TOO LATE John 7:36 . What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come? FROM the...

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• John 7:36 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me : and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

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• John 7:36 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Will he go unto the dispersed, &c.— Ελληνων, of the Greeks, by whom we are to understand here idolatrous Gentiles, and not Hellenists, or Jews who used the Greek language; for these were t...

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• John 7:36 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come? What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and...

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• John 7:36 - 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 7:36 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  What manner of saying is this ...? — We get a better sense by omitting the words in italics, and reading, “What saying is this...?” Their scorn does not solve their difficulty, and gives place to w...

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• John 7:36 - 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 7:36 - 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 7:36 - 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 7:36 - 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 7:36 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  What [manner] of saying is this that he said ,.... It is not easy to be understood; and if that is not meant, which is suggested, what should he mean by saying, ye shall seek me, and shall not fin...

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• John 7:36 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me : and where I am, thither ye cannot come? Ver. 36. What manner of saying is this? ] He would not tell the...

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• John 7:36 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then said the Jews, Whither will he go Jesus spake concerning his death, resurrection, and ascension, but the Jews did not understand him; for they imagined that he threatened to leave them, and go...

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• John 7:36 - 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 7:36 - 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 7:36 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This saying stuck in their stomachs, and they knew not what sense to put upon it; owning nothing of the Divine nature of Christ.

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• John 7:36 - 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 7:36 - 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 7:36 - 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 7:36 - 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 7:36 - 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 7:36 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The anxiety of the Pharisees:

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• John 7:36 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 2:14 ; John 12:34 ; John 16:17 ; John 16:18 ; John 3:4 ; John 3:9 ; John 6:41 ; John 6:52 ; John 6:60 ; John 7:34

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• John 7:36 - 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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