John 7:1

John 7:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
• New International Version (NIV)After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him.

Context of John 7:1

Jesus later traveled throughout Galilee. He didn’t want to travel in Judea because Jews there wanted to kill him. 2The time for the Jewish Festival of Booths was near. 3So Jesus’ brothers told him, “Leave this place, and go to Judea so that your disciples can see the things that you’re doing.

John 7:1 word by word

Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα περιεπάτει ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ· οὐ γὰρ ἤθελεν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ περιπατεῖν, ὅτι ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀποκτεῖναι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·καίkai · andG2532
• Afterμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• walkedπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• GalileeΓαλιλαίαGalilaia · GalileeG1056
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• he wouldθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• notοὐou · noG3756
• JewryἸουδαίαIoudaia · JudeaG2449
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• soughtζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• to killἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for John 7:1

• John 4:3So he left the Judean countryside and went back to Galilee.
• John 10:39The Jews tried to arrest Jesus again, but he got away from them.
• John 11:54So Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he left Bethany and went to the countryside near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
• Luke 13:31At that time some Pharisees told Jesus, “Get out of here, and go somewhere else! Herod wants to kill you.”
• Acts 10:38You know that God anointed Jesus from Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Jesus went everywhere and did good things, such as healing everyone who was under the devil’s power. Jesus did these things because God was with him.
• John 7:19Didn’t Moses give you his teachings? Yet, none of you does what Moses taught you. So why do you want to kill me?”
• John 5:16The Jews began to persecute Jesus because he kept healing people on the day of rest—a holy day.
• Matthew 10:23So when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. I can guarantee this truth: Before you have gone through every city in Israel, the Son of Man will come.
• Matthew 21:38“When the workers saw his son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him and get his inheritance.’

Commentaries on John 7:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1After these things - St. John passes from the preceding discourse of our Lord, which he delivered a little before the passover, John 6:4, to the Feast of Tabernacles, which happened six months after, and thus omits many things mentioned by the other evangelists, which our blessed Lord said and did during that time. He had already gone over Galilee four or five times; and he continued there, because he found that the hatred of the Jews was such that they…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1After these things - After the transactions which are recorded in the last chapters had taken place, and after the offence he had given the Jews. See John 5:18. Jesus walked - Or Jesus lived, or taught. He traveled around Galilee teaching. In Jewry - In Judea, the southern division of Palestine. Compare the notes at John 4:3. The Jews sought - That is, the rulers of the Jews. It does not appear that the common people ever attempted to take his life.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Christ goes to the feast of tabernacles. (1-13) His discourse at the feast. (14-39) The people dispute concerning Christ. (40-53) Verses 1-13 The brethren or kinsmen of Jesus were disgusted, when they found there was no prospect of worldly advantages from him. Ungodly men sometimes undertake to counsel those employed in the work of God; but they only advise what appears likely to promote present advantages. The people differed about his doctrine and…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. 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

Topics related to John 7:1

• Galilee
• Jerusalem
• Persecution

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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