The Grace Commentary – Your free verse-by-verse Bible commentary John 7

John 7:7

“The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.

(a) World. In context, the world (kosmos) refers to fallen humanity or the self-serving civilization which is under the influence of Satan and the powers of darkness (1 John 5:19).

(b) Evil deeds are the things we do when we live independently of God. They are the futile and fruitless activities of an alienated soul. See inskrywing for Col. 1:21.

Johannes 7:19

“Het Moses nie vir julle die Wet gegee nie, en tog hou nie een van julle die Wet uit nie? Waarom wil jy My doodmaak?”

(a) Moses is the lawgiver; Jesus is the gracegiver (John 1:17). Those who preach the heavy yoke law are preaching the bad news of Moses when they could be preaching the good news of Jesus.

(b) Nie een van julle nie. By plotting to kill Jesus (John 5:18), they were planning to break the sixth commandment (Ex. 20:13).

(c) Maak my dood. On several occasions people plotted or tried to murder Jesus (Luke 4:30, 22:2, John 5:18, 7: 25, 11:53). But none succeeded. Jesus would freely lay down his life for all. No one would take it from him (John 10:18).

Johannes 7:21

Jesus antwoord hulle: “Ek het een daad gedoen, en julle is almal verwonderd.

(a) One deed. In an earlier visit to Jerusalem, Jesus healed a lame man on the Sabbath (John 5:8–9).

(b) Marvel. The Jews were not astonished by the healing but by the audacity with which Jesus broke the Sabbath law (John 5:10). They were so upset they persecuted him and then tried to kill him (John 5:16–18).

Johannes 7:22

“Om hierdie rede het Moses aan julle die besnydenis gegee (nie omdat dit van Moses af is nie, maar van die vaders), en op die sabbat besny julle 'n man.

(a) "Vir hierdie rede" is een van Jesus se gunsteling gesegdes; sien inskrywing for Matt. 6:25.

(b) Sabbath. The Sabbath was the day of rest mandated in the Law of Moses (Ex. 31:14, Lev. 23:3). The Sabbath day began at sunset on Friday and ended on sunset on Saturday.

(c) Circumcise. The circumcision of young boys was a physical sign of the covenant between God and Israel (Gen. 17:10–11, Lev. 12:3). Circumcision became a symbol of Jewish identity and devotion to the law.

Johannes 7:23

“As iemand die besnydenis op die sabbat ontvang sodat die wet van Moses nie verbreek word nie, is jy kwaad vir My omdat Ek ’n hele mens op die sabbat gesond gemaak het?

Die Wet van Moses specifically refers to the commandments, ordinances, punishments, and ceremonial observances given to the nation of Israel through Moses (Jos. 8:31). This law is sometimes referred to as the law of commandments (Eph. 2:15) or the law of the Jews (Acts 25:8). See inskrywing vir die Wet.

Johannes 7:24

"Moenie oordeel volgens die voorkoms nie, maar oordeel met 'n regverdige oordeel."

(a) According to appearance. Don’t make superficial judgments based on the law. The Jews were furious with Jesus because he had healed a man on the Sabbath (John 5:8–16).

(b) Righteous judgment. “Your judgment needs to align with what God is doing.”

'n Kreupel man is deur God genees. Hoe kan dit nie 'n goeie ding wees nie? Deur Jesus aan te val omdat hy die man genees het, het die godsdienstige Jode 'n slegte oordeel gemaak.

Johannes 7:28

Toe het Jesus in die tempel uitgeroep en geleer en gesê: “Julle ken My en weet waar Ek vandaan kom; en Ek het nie uit Myself gekom nie, maar Hy wat My gestuur het, is waaragtig, wie julle nie ken nie.

Teaching. Jesus often taught and preached the gospel in the temple (Matt. 26:55, Luke 20:1). He did this because that’s where people congregated (Luke 21:38) and to fulfill the words of the prophet Malachi: “the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple” (Mal. 3:1).

Johannes 7:40

Sommige van die volk het dan, toe hulle hierdie woorde hoor, gesê: Dit is beslis die profeet.

The Prophet. The Jews revered Moses, but Moses said that the Lord would send another prophet that they should listen to (Deu. 18:15). That Prophet was Jesus (John 6:14, Acts 3:22, 7:37).

Johannes 7:42

“Het die Skrif nie gesê dat die Christus uit die nageslag van Dawid kom en uit Betlehem, die dorp waar Dawid was nie?”

(a) David. The significance of David in the gospel message is that God promised David that the Messiah would come from his line (2 Sam. 2:12–13, Ps. 132:11). This promise was confirmed in the prophets (Is. 9:6–7, Jer. 23:5–6) and fulfilled in the Gospels (Matt. 1:1, 22:42, Mark 12:35, Luke 1:32).

(b) Bethlehem. The village of Bethlehem is known as the Cradle of Christianity because Jesus was born there (Matt. 2:1). Bethlehem was also the home of King David (1 Sam 16:1, 17:15) and Naomi, the mother-in-law of Ruth (Ruth 1:1, 19).

Johannes 7:49

“Maar hierdie skare wat die wet nie ken nie, is vervloek.”

(a) This crowd. The devout Pharisees dismissed the irreligious as sinners, unrighteous, and accursed. The word “sinner” in the Gospels, typically refers to someone who is too poor or too ignorant to keep the law. See also the inskrywing for Matt. 9:10.

(b) Die wet refers to the Law of Moses, the commandments, ordinances, punishments, and ceremonial observances given to the nation of Israel through Moses (Jos. 8:31, John 1:17). This law is sometimes referred to as the law of commandments (Eph. 2:15) or the law of the Jews (Acts 25:8). See inskrywing vir die Wet.

Johannes 7:50

Nikodemus (hy wat voorheen na Hom gekom het, wat een van hulle was) sê vir hulle:

Nicodemus; sien inskrywing for John 3:1.

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