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

12The crowds argued about Jesus. Some people said, “He’s a good man,” while others said, “No he isn’t. He deceives the people.” 13Yet, no one would talk openly about him because they were afraid of the Jews. When the festival was half over, Jesus went to the temple courtyard and began to teach. 15The Jews were surprised and asked, “How can this man be so educated when he hasn’t gone to school?” 16Jesus responded to them, “What I teach doesn’t come from me but from the one who sent me.

John 7:14 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nowἤδηēdē · alreadyG2235
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• about the midstμεσόωmesoō · be in the middleG3322
• of the feastὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of the feastἑορτήheortē · festivalG1859
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• went upἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the templeἱερόνhieron · templeG2411
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• taughtδιδάσκωdidaskō · to teachG1321

Cross-references for John 7:14

• John 7:2The time for the Jewish Festival of Booths was near.
• Numbers 29:12“On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you must have a holy assembly. You must not do any regular work. Instead, celebrate a festival to the Lord for seven days.
• John 5:14Later, Jesus met the man in the temple courtyard and told him, “You’re well now. Stop sinning so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.”
• John 8:2Early the next morning he returned to the temple courtyard. All the people went to him, so he sat down and began to teach them.
• John 18:20Jesus answered him, “I have spoken publicly for everyone to hear. I have always taught in synagogues or in the temple courtyard, where all the Jews gather. I haven’t said anything in secret.
• Haggai 2:7I will shake all the nations, and the one whom all the nations desire will come. Then I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of Armies.
• Malachi 3:1“I’m going to send my messenger, and he will clear the way ahead of me. Then the Lord you are looking for will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the promise will come. He is the one you want,” says the Lord of Armies.
• Matthew 21:12Jesus went into the temple courtyard and threw out everyone who was buying and selling there. He overturned the moneychangers’ tables and the chairs of those who sold pigeons.
• Luke 19:47Jesus taught in the temple courtyard every day. The chief priests, the experts in Moses’ Teachings, and the leaders of the people looked for a way to kill 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