John 7:50 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesusd by night, being one of them,) ”

• John 7:50 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Nicodemus - See John 3:1 . One of them - That is, one of the great council or Sanhedrin. God often places one or more pious men in legislative assemblies to vindicate his honor and his law;...

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• John 7:50 - 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 7:50 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Nicodemus . See John 3:2 with John 19:39 . he that came . See note on "and we" ( John 1:14 ). Some texts omit this clause, but not the Syriac. (App-94, note 3, p. 136).

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• John 7:50 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  50. Nicodemus said to them. The Evangelist describes Nicodemus as a neutral man, who does not venture to undertake in good earnest the defense of sound doctrine, and yet cannot endure to...

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• John 7:50 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) Nicodemus - being one of them - That is, a Pharisee, and a ruler of the Jews: see on John 3:1 (note).

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• John 7:50 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Nicodemus saith unto them,— From the presence of Nicodemus, this appears to have been a meeting of the council whereof he was a member; for had it been a private cabal of the great men to take away...

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• John 7:50 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) Nicodemus - reappearing to us after nearly three years' absence from the history, as a member of the council, t...

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• John 7:50 - 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 7:50 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  On the character of Nicodemus, see Notes on John 3 . His position here is that of a friend of Jesus, who still does not dare to declare himself His open follower. He that came to Jesus by night....

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• John 7:50 - 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 7:50 - 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 7:50 - 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 7:50 - 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 7:50 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Nicodemus saith unto them ,.... To the Jewish sanhedrim, who were running down Christ, and his followers, in great wrath and fury: he that came to Jesus by night ; see John 3:1 ; being one of t...

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• John 7:50 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) Ver. 50. Nicodemus saith unto them ] Good blood will not belie itself; love, as fire, will not long be hidden. Croe...

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• John 7:50 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Nicodemus, he who came to Jesus by night Having now got a little more courage; being one of them Being present, as a member of the great council, saith to them, Doth our law judge (κρινει, cond...

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• John 7:50 - 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 7:50 - 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 7:50 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Of Nicodemus we read, and of his coming by night to Jesus, 1 Thessalonians 3:1,2 . He now, being one of this great court, stands up to speak for Christ, yet faintly, or at least very prudently and...

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• John 7:50 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Chief Priests And Pharisees Dismiss Belief In Him As Ridiculous ( John 7:45-52 ). Sitting waiting in their quarters the leading religious authorities were seething. The last thing that they wa...

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• John 7:50 - 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 7:50 - 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 7:50 - 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 7:50 - 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 7:50 - 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 7:50 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The report of the guard:

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• John 7:50 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  John 19:39 ; John 3:1 ; John 3:2

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• John 7:50 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Nicodemus, he that came to him by night — Having now a little more courage, being one of them — Being present as a member of the great council, saith to them — Do not we ourselves act as if we knew...

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