John 7:45 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? ”

• John 7:45 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The officers - Those who had been appointed John 7:32 to take him. It seems that Jesus was in the midst of the people addressing them, and that they happened to come at the very time when he wa...

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• John 7:45 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (17) Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? (17) God scorns from heaven those who are his Son's enemies.

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• John 7:45 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Last Day of the Feast. The Feast of Tabernacles, the feast of the ingathering at the end of summer, lasted seven days in early times ( Deuteronomy 16:13 ). An eighth day was added later ( Levit...

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• John 7:45 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  came . "Sent", in John 7:32 . to . Greek pros. App-104.

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• John 7:45 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  45. So the officers came. Here we may see how blind is the arrogance of men. To such an extent do they admire and adore the greatness which renders them eminent, that they have no hesitation...

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• John 7:45 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? Then came the officers - They had followed him for several days, seeking for a proper...

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• John 7:45 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Many of the people therefore,— Our Lord appears to have been discoursing as above, when the officerssent by the council to apprehend him, John 7:32 came up: but as it was an uncommon topic, and h...

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• John 7:45 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees - who had sent them...

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• John 7:45 - 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 7:45 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees. — (Comp. Note on John 18:3 .) They had been sent ( John 7:32 ), not with a definite warrant to bring Him by force, but to watch their opp...

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• John 7:45 - 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 7:45 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Blindness of Prejudice John 7:40-53 These short descriptions of the impressions made on His hearers by the discourses of Jesus indicate the double development which was resulting from His m...

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• John 7:45 - 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 7:45 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? (46) The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. (47) Then answered them the...

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• John 7:45 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees ,.... Who were assembled together in council, as the great sanhedrim of the nation; who were sitting and expecting Jesus to be brought befor...

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• John 7:45 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? Ver. 45. Why have you not brought him? ] Out of the pride of their power they wond...

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• John 7:45 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then came the officers to the chief priests , &c. Namely, without accomplishing the purpose for which they were sent; and they The chief priests and other members of the sanhedrim, perceiving...

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• John 7:45 - 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 7:45 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Officers' Testimony of Christ.       45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have...

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• John 7:45 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Probably the officers, Christ being amongst a multitude of the people that had a high opinion of him, durst not adventure to apprehend him. Some of them, as appeareth from what follows, were astonish...

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• John 7:45 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘The officers therefore came to the Chief Priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”. The officers answered, “Never did man speak in such a way”.' The officials retur...

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• John 7:45 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 7:41-42 . The Christ. —Hearts open to the truth were convinced and confessed Him. But some said, etc. —These were unlike the guileless Nathanael ( John 1:46-...

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• John 7:45 - 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 7:45 - 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 7:45 - The Biblical Illustrator

  On the last day, that great day of the feast Jesus the Christ I. PROFFERING BLESSINGS. 1. Water for the thirsty ( John 7:37 ; Exodus 17:6 ; Numbers 20:11 ; Psalms 78:15 ; Psalms 78:20 ,...

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• John 7:45 - 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 7:45 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought Him?

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• John 7:45 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 5:21-27 ; John 7:32

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