New English Translation
John 7:1
1After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.
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
After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him. 2Now the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. 3So Jesus’ brothers advised him, “Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing.
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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 4:3he left Judea and set out once more for Galilee.
- John 10:39Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches.
- John 11:54Thus Jesus no longer went around publicly among the Judeans, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.
- Luke 13:31At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, “Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.”
- Acts 10:38with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.
- John 7:19Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”
- John 5:16Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.
- Matthew 10:23Whenever they persecute you in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
- Matthew 21:38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, 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
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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
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