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 Living Translation (NLT)But soon it was time for the Jewish Festival of Shelters,

Context of John 7:2

1After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. 3His brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing. 4For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Jews’ἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• feastἑορτήheortē · festivalG1859
• of tabernaclesσκηνοπηγίαskēnopēgia · Feast|Festival of BoothsG4634
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• at handἐγγύςeggus · nearG1451

Cross-references for John 7:2

• Exodus 23:16and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.
• Leviticus 23:34“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord.
• Numbers 29:12‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work, and you shall keep a feast to the Lord seven days.
• Deuteronomy 16:13“You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your winepress.
• 1 Kings 8:2Therefore all the men of Israel assembled with King Solomon at the feast in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
• 2 Chronicles 7:9And on the eighth day they held a sacred assembly, for they observed the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
• Ezra 3:4They also kept the Feast of Tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings in the number required by ordinance for each day.
• Nehemiah 8:14And they found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,
• Zechariah 14:16And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.

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