João 7
Matthew Henry · Citado em PreceptAustin
João 7
Henry - Provided the work of God be done effectually, it is best done when done with least noise. The kingdom of God need not come with observation, Lu. 17:20. We may do the work of God privately, and yet not do it deceitfully. Merrill Tenney writes that “The secret departure for Jerusalem was not an act of deception. It was an attempt to avoid unwelcome publicity. Jesus’ enemies were watching for Him, obviously for the purpose of arresting Him.” (see online John's Gospel - Expositor's Bible Commentary) Henry Alford on not publicly - “Not in the usual caravan-company, nor probably by the usual way.” (Alford) Marcus Dods on not publicly - “That is to say, He went up, but not at His brothers’ instigation, nor with the publicity they had recommended.” (Dods J C Ryle on Not openly, but … in secret - This probably only means that our Lord did not go in the caravan, or large company of His kinsmen, who according to custom went up together from Galilee, but in a more private manner.—How large the caravans or gatherings of fellow-travellers going up to the three great feasts must have been, we may easily see from the account of our Lord being not missed by Mary and Joseph at first, when He went up to Jerusalem with them at the age of twelve. “Supposing Him to have been in their company, they went a day’s journey, and sought Him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.” (Luke 2:44.)—Our Lord never sought publicity but once, and that was when He entered Jerusalem, at the last passover, just before His crucifixion. Then He wanted to draw attention to the great sacrifice He was about to offer up on the cross. The contrast between His conduct on that occasion and the present one is very remarkable. (John 7 Commentary) John Heading on in secret - He went up as the unknown Christ until He was discovered by means of His teaching. This is typical of the Lord’s present work on high. He comes down to His people, unknown to the world, but recognised by faith as believers gather in His Name with His presence in the midst. (What the Bible Teaches - John) D A Carson - The assumption in this verse is that the Father has signaled Jesus in some way, so Jesus goes to Jerusalem, leaving Galilee for the last time before the cross. Even so, his journey is marked by maximum discretion, exactly the opposite of what the brothers had in mind. Bruce (p. 173) remarks that in the third-century work Against the Christians, the neo-platonist Porphyry on the basis of this incident disparages Jesus for his irresoluteness. (Referred to by Jerome, Dialogues against the Pelagians, 2.17.) But John the Evangelist, far from depicting fickleness, is in fact portraying Jesus’ firm resolve to do exactly what the Father gives him to do, and at the Father’s time (cf. Jn 5:19ff). (Borrow The Gospel according to John) Robert Mounce - One should not picture Jesus furtively slipping into the capital city to spy out what was going on. He simply appeared there without fanfare when the Feast was underway. The religious authorities were well aware of his ministry in Galilee and were on the lookout for him at the festival. They reasoned that he would certainly be there and that perhaps this would offer them the best chance to have him taken into custody and killed (cf. 5:18; 7:1). (See The Expositor's Bible Commentary) Henry
João 7
Henry - When they should have welcomed the feast as an opportunity of serving God, they were glad of it as an opportunity of persecuting Christ. Thus Saul hoped to slay David at the new moon, 1 Sa. 20:27. Warren
João 7
Henry - Never any man spake with that wisdom, and power, and grace, that convincing clearness, and that sweetness, wherewith Christ spake. ILLUSTRATION - Dr. Harry Ironside—who liked conflict and verbal confrontation, enjoyed street preaching, and had a worldwide ministry—once made an amazing statement. He said, “I have never met an infidel who has ever read one serious book of Christian evidence.” Neither have I. Of course there are exceptions, but the point is, many people who reject Christianity do not know what they are rejecting. C. S. Lewis found that to be true at Oxford. A club had been established to debate Christian truths, and Lewis remarked of the club: “We of the Christian party discovered that the weight of the skeptical attack did not always come where we expected it. Our opponents had to correct what seemed to us their almost bottomless ignorance of the Faith they supposed themselves to be rejecting.” In other words, we need not be intimidated by what scholars say. The proud men in Lewis’s club needed to set aside their presuppositions and discard their fierce invective. They needed to dialogue with and listen to Jesus. That is what we need to do as well, and when we do, we will say, “No one ever spoke the way this man does.” John 7:47 The Pharisees then answered them, "You have not also been led astray, have you? BGT John 7:47 ἀπεκρίθησαν οὖν αὐτοῖς οἱ Φαρισαῖοι· μὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς πεπλάνησθε; KJV John 7:47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? NET John 7:47 Then the Pharisees answered, "You haven't been deceived too, have you? CSB John 7:47 Then the Pharisees responded to them: "Are you fooled too? ESV John 7:47 The Pharisees answered them, "Have you also been deceived? NIV John 7:47 "You mean he has deceived you also?" the Pharisees retorted. NLT John 7:47 "Have you been led astray, too?" the Pharisees mocked. NRS John 7:47 Then the Pharisees replied, "Surely you have not been deceived too, have you? NJB John 7:47 'So,' the Pharisees answered, 'you, too, have been led astray? NAB John 7:47 So the Pharisees answered them, "Have you also been deceived? YLT John 7:47 The Pharisees, therefore, answered them, 'Have ye also been led astray? GWN John 7:47 The Pharisees asked the temple guards, "Have you been deceived too? BBE John 7:47 Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas? RSV John 7:47 The Pharisees answered them, "Are you led astray, you also? NKJ John 7:47 Then the Pharisees answered them, "Are you also deceived? ASV John 7:47 The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray? MIT John 7:47 Then the Pharisees replied, "You also have not been deceived, have you? Are: John 7:12 9:27-34 2Ki 18:29,32 2Ch 32:15 Mt 27:63 2Co 6:8 John 7 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries THE PHARISEES' SCORNFUL QUESTION The Pharisees then answered them, "You have not also been led astray (planao), have you - This question calls for a response of "No" but Robertson suggests that "they really believed it." The Pharisees were indignant and incensed giving rise to their rhetorical question of whether the officers were led astray by Jesus. Notice that the assessment of the Pharisees is that Jesus was a deceiver and misled people with His teachings. The Pharisees use the perfect tense for led astray, suggesting He began to lead them astray in the past and that deception continued to the present. How tragic that those men who should have been the teachers of the truth were in fact (ironically) the very ones who were leading the masses astray! They needed to look carefully in the mirror (but mirrors in that day were not as good as they are today)! As Paul Apple says the Pharisees are "Marshalling the Troops – making sure no one was breaking rank and casting his lot with Christ." Led astray (deceived, misled, stray, go or be led astray)(4105) planao from plane which describes "a wandering" and gives us our English word "planet") means literally made to wander and so to go (active sense) or be led (passive sense as of sheep in Mt 18:12-13) astray. Spiritual wandering is described in (1 Peter 2:25+) In spiritual terms, planao means to be made to err from the right way, the highway of truth and holiness. Straying in the spiritual sense occurs when one does not adhere to the truth (James 5:19+) and/or forsakes the right way (see 2 Peter 2:15+) John 7:48 "No one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? BGT John 7:48 μή τις ἐκ τῶν ἀρχόντων ἐπίστευσεν εἰς αὐτὸν ἢ ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων; KJV John 7:48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? NET John 7:48 None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they? CSB John 7:48 Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? ESV John 7:48 Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? NIV John 7:48 "Has any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? NLT John 7:48 "Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him? NRS John 7:48 Has any one of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? NJB John 7:48 Have any of the authorities come to believe in him? Any of the Pharisees? NAB John 7:48 Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? YLT John 7:48 did any one out of the rulers believe in him? or out of the Pharisees? GWN John 7:48 Has any ruler or any Pharisee believed in him? BBE John 7:48 Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees? RSV John 7:48 Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? NKJ John 7:48 "Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him? ASV John 7:48 Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees? MIT John 7:48 Not any of the leaders believe in him, or any of the Pharisees, do they? John 7:26,50 Jn 12:42 Jer 5:4,5 Mt 11:25 Ac 6:7 1Co 1:20,22-28 2:8 John 7 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries THE PERSISTENT UNBELIEF OF THE PHARISEES No one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed (pisteuo) in Him, has he? - This is another interesting comment/question which calls for a "no" answer. The Pharisees raise the horrible thought (in their unbelieving minds) that one of their own number might have been deceived and believed in Jesus. Once again they make a dogmatic statement, but in fact the conversion (I think he became a Jesus follower) of Nicodemus (a Pharisee) proves them wrong! C H
João 7:37-39
Henry - The author of this grace is the Spirit, and that is promised: I will pour out my Spirit unto you, as oil, as water you shall have the Spirit in abundance, rivers of living water, John 7:38. Our heavenly Father will give the Holy Spirit to those that ask him. [2.] The means of this grace is the word, which, if we take it aright, will turn us it is therefore promised, "I will make known my words unto you, not only speak them to you, but make them known, give you to understand them." Note, Special grace is necessary to a sincere conversion. But that grace shall never be denied to any that honestly seek it and submit to it. (Proverbs 1 Commentary) In the book of Acts Luke has four descriptions of the Spirit being poured out… AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT UPON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS;18 EVEN UPON MY BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT And they shall prophesy. (Acts 2:17-18) "Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear. (Acts 2:33, cp Lk 24:49) And all the circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out upon the Gentiles also. (Acts 10:45) In Zechariah we see great prophecy of the topographical changes that will occur when Messiah returns and the Messianic (Millennial) Age begins… And in that day (Second Coming of the Messiah) His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east (just to the east of Temple Mount separated in our time by the Kidron Valley); and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south… 8 And it will come about in that day (Second Coming) that living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea (Dead Sea) and the other half toward the western sea (Mediterranean Sea); it will be in summer as well as in winter… 10 All the land will be changed into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; but Jerusalem will rise and remain on its site from Benjamin's Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's wine presses. (Zech 14:4, 8, 10) (Click for schematic of changes in the topography of Jerusalem in the Millennium) In the OT the Spirit was given to saints but indwelt them only temporarily, but now Jesus promises He will be in them forever (See Jn 14:16-17 "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever.") Whom those who believed (pisteuo) in Him were to receive - Belief is the condition, reception is the promise. For the Spirit was not yet - Note that "given" is added by the translators. He was not yet is even more powerful! He was not yet received because He had not yet been given. Peter describes Jesus giving the Spirit after He was resurrected and ascended… Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth (ekcheo = speaks of a lavish outpouring to the point of overflowing - see other passages that describe Him as poured forth = Acts 2:17-18, Acts 10:45 Ro 5:5 Titus 3:6, See also numerous OT prophecies of the Spirit, like living water, being poured out with these promises speaking primarily of a yet future fulfillment in the Millennium = Isa 32:15, Isa 44:3, Ezekiel 39:29, Joel 2:28-29 [only partially fulfilled at
João 7:39
Henry - The author of this grace is the Spirit, and that is promised: I will pour out my Spirit unto you, as oil, as water you shall have the Spirit in abundance, rivers of living water, John 7:38. Our heavenly Father will give the Holy Spirit to those that ask him. [2.] The means of this grace is the word, which, if we take it aright, will turn us it is therefore promised, "I will make known my words unto you, not only speak them to you, but make them known, give you to understand them." Note, Special grace is necessary to a sincere conversion. But that grace shall never be denied to any that honestly seek it and submit to it. (Proverbs 1 Commentary) In the book of Acts Luke has four descriptions of the Spirit being poured out... AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT UPON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS;18 EVEN UPON MY BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT And they shall prophesy. (Acts 2:17-18) "Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear. (Acts 2:33+, cp Lk 24:49+) And all the circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out upon the Gentiles also. (Acts 10:45+) In Zechariah we see great prophecy of the topographical changes that will occur when Messiah returns and the Messianic (Millennial) Age begins... And in that day (Second Coming of the Messiah) His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east (just to the east of Temple Mount separated in our time by the Kidron Valley); and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south....8 And it will come about in that day (Second Coming) that living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea (Dead Sea) and the other half toward the western sea (Mediterranean Sea); it will be in summer as well as in winter...10 All the land will be changed into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; but Jerusalem will rise and remain on its site from Benjamin's Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's wine presses. (Zech 14:4, 8, 10+) (Click for schematic of changes in the topography of Jerusalem in the Millennium) In the OT the Spirit was given to saints but indwelt them only temporarily, but now Jesus promises He will be in them forever (See Jn 14:16-17 "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever.") Whom those who believed (pisteuo) in Him were to receive - Belief is the condition, reception is the promise. It begs the question - Have you believed in Jesus? If you have, then you have received the Holy Spirit and have access to rivers of living water within your soul! For the Spirit was not yet - Note that "given" is added by the translators. He was not yet is even more powerful! He was not yet received because He had not yet been given. Peter describes Jesus giving the Spirit after He was resurrected and ascended... Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth (ekcheo = speaks of a lavish outpouring to the point of overflowing - see other passages that describe Him as poured forth = Acts 2:17-18+, Acts 10:45+ Ro 5:5 Titus 3:6, See also numerous OT prophecies of the Spirit, like living water, being poured out with these promises speaking primarily of a yet future fulfillment in the Millennium = Isa 32:15, Isa 44:3, Ezekiel 39:29, Joel 2:28-29+ [only partially fulfilled at