Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The feast of tabernacles (h skhnophgia). Only New Testament example of this word (skhnh, tent, phgnumi, to fasten as in Hebrews 8:2). Technical name of this feast (Deuteronomy 16:13; Leviticus 23:34, Leviticus 23:43). It began on the 15th of the month Tisri (end of September) and lasted seven days and finally eight days in post-exilic times (Nehemiah 8:18). It was one of the chief feasts of the Jews.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 7:2:
John 6:4
John 7:1
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