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Jesus’ Brothers Disbelieve

1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, abecause the Jews sought to kill Him.  
2 aNow the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand.  
3 aHis brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing.  
4 For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.”
5 For aeven His bbrothers did not believe in Him.  
6 Then Jesus said to them, a“My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.  
7 aThe world cannot hate you, but it hates Me bbecause I testify of it that its works are evil.  
8 You go up to this feast. I am not1 yet going up to this feast, afor My time has not yet fully come.”  
9 When He had said these things to them, He remained in Galilee.

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10 But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
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John 7:1

After these things (meta tauta). John's favourite general note of the order of events. Bernard conceives that the events in John 7:1-14 follow John 7:15-24 and both follow chapter 5, not chapter 6, a wholly needless readjustment of the narrative to suit a preconceived theory. John simply supplements the narrative in the Synoptics at points deemed important. He now skips the period of withdrawal from Galilee of about six months (from passover to tabernacles).

Walked (periepatei). Imperfect active, a literal picture of the itinerant ministry of Jesus. He has returned to Galilee from the region of Caesarea Philippi. He had been avoiding Galilee as well as Judea for six months.

For he would not walk in Judea (ou gar hqelen en th Ioudaiai). Imperfect active of qelw picturing the attitude of refusal to work in Judea after the events in chapter 5 (perhaps a year and a half before).

Sought to kill (ezhtoun apokteinai). Imperfect active again, progressive attitude, had been seeking to kill him as shown in John 5:18 where the same words occur.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 7:1:

John 3:22
John 5:18
John 6:1
John 6:4
John 7:1
John 7:11
John 10:39
John 11:54
John 18:31

 

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