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David Guzik · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Guzik points out that "They decided that Jesus appeared to be a sinner, and they appeared to be righteous. They were wrong each time, and they needed to judge with righteous judgment instead of only by appearances." John Heading on the judgment of the Jews regarding Jesus' healing on the Sabbath - Their minds were dull when attitudes were hardened by a built-in cherished tradition. The appearance formed by adherence to the letter should be abandoned by adherence to the spirit behind the word (2 Cor 3:6). (What the Bible Teaches - John) William MacDonald makes an excellent point - The trouble with the Jews was that they judged things according to outward appearance and not according to inward reality. Their judgment was not righteous. Works which seemed perfectly legitimate when performed by themselves seemed absolutely wrong when performed by the Lord. Human nature always tends to judge according to sight rather than according to reality. The Lord Jesus had not broken the Law of Moses; it was they who were breaking it by their senseless hatred of Him. (Borrow Believer's Bible Commentary) D A Carson - This appeal has many formal Old Testament parallels (e.g. Dt. 16:18–19; Is. 11:3–4; Zc. 7:9), all of them dealing with the administration of public justice (in the Isaiah passage, under messianic conditions). Jesus’ appeal is more personal, eschatological and redemptive. They have misconstrued his character by a fundamentally flawed set of deductions from Old Testament law, an approach that turns out to be superficial, far too committed to ‘mere appearances’. If their approach to God’s will were one of faith (cf. notes on v. 17), they would soon discern that Jesus is not a Sabbath-breaker, but the one who fulfills both Sabbath and circumcision. In an age when Matthew 7:1 (‘Do not judge, or you too will be judged’) has displaced John 3:16 as the only verse in the Bible the man in the street is likely to know, it is perhaps worth adding that Matthew 7:1 forbids judgmentalism, not moral discernment. By contrast, John 7:24 demands moral and theological discernment in the context of obedient faith (7:17), while excoriating self-righteous legalism and offering no sanction for censorious heresy-hunting. (Borrow The Gospel according to John) J C Ryle on Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment - The sense of this verse must be sought in connection with the subject of which our Lord has just been speaking. The Jews had condemned our Lord and denounced Him as a sinner against the fourth commandment, because He had done a work on the Sabbath day. Our Lord refers to this and says,—“Judge not the deed I did according to the appearance. I did a work on the Sabbath unquestionably. But what kind of a work was it? It was an act of necessity and mercy, and therefore an act as lawful to be done as circumcision, which you yourselves perform on the Sabbath day. In appearance the Sabbath was broken. In reality it was not broken at all. Judge fair and just and righteous judgment. Do not hastily condemn an action, such as this, without looking below the surface.”..... THOUGHT - (WHILE THIS IS PASSAGE IS NOT A GENERAL COMMAND AGAINST FORMING SUPERFICIAL JUDGMENTS, THIS PRINCIPLE CAN STILL BE APPLIED GENERALLY) The practical value of the lesson before us is very great. We shall do well to remember it as we travel through life, and to correct our estimate of people and things by the light which it supplies. We are often too ready to be deceived by an appearance of good. We are in danger of rating some men as very good Christians, because of a little outward profession of religion, and a decent Sunday formality,—because, in short, they talk the language of Canaan, and wear the garb of pilgrims. We forget that all is not good that appears good, even as all is not gold that glitters, and that daily practice, choice, tastes, habits, conduct, private character, are the true evidence of what a man is.—In a word, we forget our Lord’s saying,—“Judge not according to the appearance.” We are too ready, on the other hand, to be deceived by the appearance of evil. We are in danger of setting down some men as no true Christians, because of a few faults or inconsistencies, and “making them offenders because of a word.” (Isa. 29:21.) We must remember that the best of men are but men at their very best, and that the most eminent saints may be overtaken by temptation, and yet be saints at heart after all. We must not hastily suppose that all is evil, where there is an occasional appearance of evil. The holiest man may fall sadly for a time, and yet the grace within him may finally get a victory. Is a man’s general character godly?—Then let us suspend our judgment when he falls, and hope on. Let us “judge righteous judgment.” In any case let us take care that we pass fair judgment on ourselves. Whatever we think of others, let us beware of making mistakes about our own character. There, at any rate, let us be just, honest, and fair. Let us not flatter ourselves that all is right, because all is apparently right before men. “The Lord,” we must remember, “looketh on the heart.” (1Sa 16:7.) Then let us judge ourselves with righteous judgment, and condemn ourselves while we live, lest we be judged of the Lord and condemned for ever at the last day. (1 Cor. 11:31.) (John 7 Commentary) John 7:25 So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, "Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill? BGT John 7:25 Ἔλεγον οὖν τινες ἐκ τῶν Ἱεροσολυμιτῶν· οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὃν ζητοῦσιν ἀποκτεῖναι; KJV John 7:25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? NET John 7:25 Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill? CSB John 7:25 Some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, "Isn't this the man they want to kill? ESV John 7:25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? NIV John 7:25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill? NLT John 7:25 Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem started to ask each other, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill? NRS John 7:25 Now some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, "Is not this the man whom they are trying to kill? NJB John 7:25 Meanwhile some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, 'Isn't this the man they want to kill? NAB John 7:25 So some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, "Is he not the one they are trying to kill? YLT John 7:25 Certain, therefore, of the Jerusalemites said, 'Is not this he whom they are seeking to kill? GWN John 7:25 Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem said, "Isn't this the man they want to kill? BBE John 7:25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired? RSV John 7:25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? NKJ John 7:25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, "Is this not He whom they seek to kill? ASV John 7:25 Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill? MIT John 7:25 Some of those from Jerusalem were saying, "Is not this the one they were seeking to assassinate? DBY John 7:25 Some therefore of those of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill? NIRV John 7:25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem began asking questions. They said, "Isn't this the man some people are trying to kill? RWB John 7:25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? of Jerusalem: John 7:10,11 Is not: John 7:20 John 7 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries MOVING ON TO WHO IS THIS MAN? So - Therefore. Term of conclusion. Ask God what the Spirit is concluding? Why now? etc. You are learning how to read actively (interactively with the Spirit,), rather than passively. In other words, to use a word picture, you are learning to read more like an explorer (looking for hidden treasure) than like a spectator (walking through the exhibition looking at the treasure). You are learning to read interrogatively. G Campbell Morgan on Jn 7:25-36 - John's "therefore" (SO) makes us enquire, Wherefore? What is the reference? Chapter seven is wholly occupied with the visit of Jesus to Jerusalem in connection with the Feast of Tabernacles. He had very largely abandoned Judæa, because Judæa had proved its hostility to Him. We were told, at the beginning of the chapter, that He walked in Galilee, for He did not desire to walk in Judæa, because the Jews sought to kill Him. (Jn 7:1) But now we find that for a time, a comparatively brief one, He went up again to Jerusalem. The account of that visit runs on to the end of chapter ten. We have had the account, in the first movement, of His presence and teaching at the feast, and the problem created by that teaching in the midst of the rulers, so that they marvelled and said, "Whence hath this Man letters, having never learned?" We have considered how He answered them, by telling them that His teaching was not His own, that what He was saying He had received directly from God. That explains the "therefore" which introduces the present section. The interchange in John 7:14-24 describing Jesus' flawless teaching and argumentation, cause the people to come to a conclusion of wanting to know Who He is. In other words, in light of Jesus shutting down the Jewish leader's accusation of Him as a Sabbath breaker, John 7:25-36 moves on to look at the question "Who is Jesus Christ?" which had arisen earlier in John 7:11-13. Some of the people of Jerusalem (literally Jerusalemites) were saying, "Is this not the man whom they are (present tense - continually) seeking (zeteo) to kill (apokteino) -The Greek sentence expects an affirmative reply (as in Jn 7:19) = "Yes, this is the Man...." They were sure that Jesus was the Man. Notice who is asking the question. Some of the people of Jerusalem does not refer to the pilgrims who had come from outside the city for the feast (they were largely ignorant that the leaders were seeking to kill Jesus - Jn 7:20), but refers to the citizens of Jerusalem who would likely know that their leaders ("they" in this verse cf Jn 7:15) were seeking to kill Jesus (John noted their desire to kill Jesus in His second visit to Jerusalem - Jn 5:18+). Newman - The question raised by the people of Jerusalem anticipates a “yes” answer. It is a rhetorical question and may be transformed into a strong declarative statement, for example, “This man is surely the one the authorities are trying to kill” or “… trying to cause to be killed.” (USB Handbook - John) A T
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Guzik explains Jesus' reply to the Jewish critics - Jesus didn’t point to His credentials, but to His doctrine. It was as if He said, “I don’t have a seminary degree, but judge Me by My doctrine.” If the Jewish leaders listened carefully to the doctrine of Jesus, they would know that it was all rooted in the Old Testament Scriptures, and that it was from God. THOUGHT - Who is the Source of your teaching and preaching? Do you rely on your credentials from seminary or from Spirit taught and empowered exposition? C. S. Lewis writes "A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg—or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to." (Borrow Mere Christianity [New York: Macmillan, 1971], 56) Teaching (instruction) (1322) didache from didasko = to give instruction in a formal or informal setting with the highest possible development of the pupil as the goal; English = didactic = intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive) is a noun which describes the activity of teaching (instruction). John's uses of didache - Jn. 7:16; Jn. 7:17; Jn. 18:19, 2 Jn. 1:9; 2 Jn. 1:10; Rev. 2:14; Rev. 2:15; Rev. 2:24 John 7:17 "If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself. BGT John 7:17 ἐάν τις θέλῃ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν, γνώσεται περὶ τῆς διδαχῆς πότερον ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν ἢ ἐγὼ ἀπ᾽ ἐμαυτοῦ λαλῶ. KJV John 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. NET John 7:17 If anyone wants to do God's will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority. CSB John 7:17 If anyone wants to do His will, he will understand whether the teaching is from God or if I am speaking on My own. ESV John 7:17 If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. NIV John 7:17 If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. NLT John 7:17 Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own. NRS John 7:17 Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own. NJB John 7:17 anyone who is prepared to do his will, will know whether my teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own account. NAB John 7:17 Whoever chooses to do his will shall know whether my teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own. YLT John 7:17 if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or -- I do speak from myself. GWN John 7:17 Those who want to follow the will of God will know if what I teach is from God or if I teach my own thoughts. BBE John 7:17 If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from -- from God or from myself. RSV John 7:17 if any man's will is to do his will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. NKJ John 7:17 "If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. ASV John 7:17 If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. MIT John 7:17 If anyone wants to implement his will, he will know about this teaching —whether it is from God, or if I speak on my own. DBY John 7:17 If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or that I speak from myself. NIRV John 7:17 Anyone who chooses to do what God wants him to do will find out whether my teaching comes from God or from me. John 1:46-49 8:31,32,43,47 Ps 25:8,9,12 119:10,101,102 Isa 35:8 Jer 31:33,34 Ho 6:3 Mic 4:2 Mal 4:2 Mt 6:22 Lu 8:15 Ac 10:1-6 Ac 11:13,14 17:11 Php 3:15,16 John 7 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: Matthew 5:8+ Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." John 11:40 Jesus *said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe (ED: AND IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE, YOU WILL OBEY!), you will see the glory of God?” (NB: BELIEVING/OBEYING PRECEDES KNOWING!) HOW TO KNOW HIS WILL? OBEY HIS WORD! Jesus is addressing the Jews questioning of His credentials and whether His teaching was from God. Jesus had just claimed He was on a divine mission with a divine message and the authority was not His, but His Father's. This is quite a claim and naturally demanded much of His hearers. Jesus now gives them a powerful, pragmatic method to verify the authority and authenticity of His teaching (if they really wanted to know). In short, Jesus says the key is not just intellectually knowing the truth (the rabbis thought they knew the truth), but in acting on what one knows. J C
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Guzik - Jesus just stated that He was absolutely sinless and true, always seeking the glory of God in heaven (John 7:18). In contrast to Jesus, the religious leaders did not keep the law. They had the law (Did not Moses give you the law), but did not keep it. In following the thought of Jesus, He said something like this: “I am sinless and none of you keep the law. Why then do you seek to kill Me? You are the ones guilty under the law, not I.” John
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Guzik - If it is permitted (even commanded) to do a negative work (such as cutting away the flesh in circumcision) on the Sabbath, why not a work that brings wholeness? Law of Moses - Jos. 8:31; Jos. 8:32; Jos. 23:6; 1 Ki. 2:3; 2 Ki. 14:6; 2 Ki. 23:25; 2 Chr. 23:18; 2 Chr. 30:16; Ezr. 3:2; Ezr. 7:6; Neh. 8:1; Dan. 9:11; Dan. 9:13; Mal. 4:4; Lk. 2:22; Lk. 24:44; Jn. 7:23; Acts 13:39; Acts 15:5; Acts 28:23; 1 Co. 9:9; Heb. 10:28 Are you angry with Me because I made an (literally "a whole man") entire man well (hugies) on the Sabbath (sabbaton)? - On the word angry (cholao - only use in NT), A T
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Guzik - Jesus did not only speak of something coming into a person, but something flowing out of them as well. It was not only a blessing received, but also becoming a source of blessing to others. C H