John 7:14

John 7:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
• New International Version (NIV)Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.
• English Standard Version (ESV)About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

Context of John 7:14

12And there was much murmuring concerning him among the crowds. Some said, He is [a] good [man]; others said, No; but he deceives the crowd. 13However, no one spoke openly concerning him on account of [their] fear of the Jews. But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. 15The Jews therefore wondered, saying, How knows this [man] letters, having never learned? 16Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but [that] of him that has sent me.

John 7:14 word by word

Ἤδη δὲ τῆς ἑορτῆς μεσούσης ἀνέβη Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ ἐδίδασκεν.Read the interlinear

• nowδέde · thenG1161
• feastἑορτήheortē · festivalG1859
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• wentἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• templeἱερόνhieron · templeG2411
• taughtδιδάσκωdidaskō · to teachG1321

Cross-references for John 7:14

• John 7:2Now the tabernacles, the feast of the Jews, was near.
• Numbers 29:12And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do; and ye shall celebrate a feast to Jehovah seven days;
• John 5:14After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou art become well: sin no more, that something worse do not happen to thee.
• John 8:2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down and taught them.
• John 18:20Jesus answered him, I spoke openly to the world; I taught always in [the] synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews come together, and in secret I have spoken nothing.
• Haggai 2:7and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Malachi 3:1Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord whom ye seek will suddenly come to his temple, and the Angel of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Matthew 21:12And Jesus entered into the temple [of God], and cast out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those that sold the doves.
• Luke 19:47And he was teaching day by day in the temple: and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

Commentaries on John 7:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The midst of the feast - Though the canons required him to be there on the first day, for the performance of a great variety of rites, yet, as these were in general the invention of their doctors, he might think it very proper neither to attend nor perform them.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14About the midst - Or about the middle of the feast. It continued eight days. The temple - See the notes at Matthew 21:12. And taught - Great multitudes were assembled in and around the temple, and it was a favorable time and place to make known his doctrine.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-24Verses 14-24 Every faithful minister may humbly adopt Christ's words. His doctrine is not his own finding out, but is from God's word, through the teaching of his Spirit. And amidst the disputes which disturb the world, if any man, of any nation, seeks to do the will of God, he shall know whether the doctrine is of God, or whether men speak of themselves. Only those who hate the truth shall be given up to errors which will be fatal. Surely it was as…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-52This chapter describes Jesus at the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus used parts of the feast to reveal his true identity to his fellow Jews and to show that he had fulfilled the feast's essential meaning (see 7:37–39; 8:12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. about the midst of the feast--the fourth or fifth day of the eight, during which it lasted. went up into the temple and taught--The word denotes formal and continuous teaching, as distinguished from mere casual sayings. This was probably the first time that He did so thus openly in Jerusalem. He had kept back till the feast was half through, to let the stir about Him subside, and entering the city unexpectedly, had begun His "teaching" at the…Read the comment

Topics related to John 7:14

• Instruction
• Jerusalem
• Jesus, the Christ
• Tabernacles, Feast of
• Temple

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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