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 these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him. Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near. 3Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. 4For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. 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

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• the feastἑορτήheortē · festivalG1859
• of the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• the Feastσκηνοπηγίαskēnopēgia · Feast|Festival of BoothsG4634
• was nearἐγγύςeggus · nearG1451

Cross-references for John 7:2

• Exodus 23:16Also you shall observe the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field.
• Leviticus 23:34“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to the Lord.
• Numbers 29:12‘Then on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work, and you shall observe a feast to the Lord for seven days.
• Deuteronomy 16:13“You shall celebrate the Feast of Booths seven days after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and your wine vat;
• 1 Kings 8:2All the men of Israel assembled themselves to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
• 2 Chronicles 7:9On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar they observed seven days and the feast seven days.
• Ezra 3:4They celebrated the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the fixed number of burnt offerings daily, according to the ordinance, as each day required;
• Nehemiah 8:14They found written in the law how the Lord had commanded through Moses that the sons of Israel should live in booths during the feast of the seventh month.
• Zechariah 14:16Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths.

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