John 7:2

John 7:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
• New International Version (NIV)But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now the Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand.

Context of John 7:2

1After this, Jesus traveled in Galilee, since he did not want to travel in Judea because the Jews were trying to kill him. The Jewish Festival of Shelters was near. 3So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples can see your works that you are doing. 4For no one does anything in secret while he’s seeking public recognition. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.”

John 7:2 word by word

ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἡ σκηνοπηγία.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Jews’ἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• feastἑορτήheortē · festivalG1859
• of tabernaclesσκηνοπηγίαskēnopēgia · Feast|Festival of BoothsG4634
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• at handἐγγύςeggus · nearG1451

Cross-references for John 7:2

• Exodus 23:16Also observe the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of your produce from what you sow in the field, and observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
• Leviticus 23:34“Tell the Israelites: The Festival of Shelters to the Lord begins on the fifteenth day of this seventh month and continues for seven days.
• Numbers 29:12“You are to hold a sacred assembly on the fifteenth day of the seventh month; you do not do any daily work. You are to celebrate a seven-day festival for the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 16:13“You are to celebrate the Festival of Shelters for seven days when you have gathered in everything from your threshing floor and winepress.
• 1 Kings 8:2So all the men of Israel were assembled in the presence of King Solomon in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month, at the festival.
• 2 Chronicles 7:9On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar lasted seven days and the festival seven days.
• Ezra 3:4They celebrated the Festival of Shelters as prescribed, and offered burnt offerings each day, based on the number specified by ordinance for each festival day.
• Nehemiah 8:14They found written in the law how the Lord had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should dwell in shelters during the festival of the seventh month.
• Zechariah 14:16Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of Armies, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.

Commentaries on John 7:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Feast of tabernacles - This feast was celebrated on the fifteenth day of the month Tisri, answering to the last half of our September, and the first half of October. This month was the seventh of the ecclesiastical, and first of the civil, year. The feast took its name from the tents which were erected about the temple, in public places, in courts, and on the flat roofs of their houses, and in gardens; in which the Jews dwelt for eight days, in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The Jews‘ feast of tabernacles - Or the feast of tents. This feast was celebrated on the 15th day of the month Tisrianswering to the last half of our month September and the first half of October, Numbers 29:12; Deuteronomy 16:13-15. It was so called from the tents or tabernacles which on that occasion were erected in and about Jerusalem, and was designed to commemorate their dwelling in tents in the wilderness, Nehemiah 8:16-18. During the continuance of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The law of Moses required Jewish men to come to the temple for the Feast of Tabernacles (Exodus 23:14–17; Deuteronomy 16:16). This annual seven-day autumn harvest feast happened in Jerusalem six months after Passover (John 6:4). During the feast, people lived in temporary shelters to remember the tents Israel used during their 40 years in the wilderness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-531-2. After these things--that is, all that is recorded after Joh 5:18. walked in Galilee--continuing His labors there, instead of going to Judea, as might have been expected. sought to kill him--referring back to Joh 5:18. Hence it appears that our Lord did not attend the Passover mentioned in Joh 6:4--being the third since His ministry began, if the feast mentioned in Joh 5:1 was a Passover.Read the comment

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• Jerusalem
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Commentaries on John 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings