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Phillips - When the Lord went to Jerusalem in John 2:13 it was as a prince, to cleanse his Father's house and demonstrate his messianic zeal. When he went up in John 5:1 it was as a pilgrim. This time he went up as a prophet to make an important pronouncement to the hearts of all. (BORROW Exploring the Gospels. John) H R Reynolds - What a contrast there was between the first visit (John 2), when he appeared suddenly in the temple, and cast out the money changers, or that when (John 5) he went to the "unnamed" feast as a pilgrim! The hostility has deepened; the "world" hates its Saviour, because he would save it from its sins, interpret it to itself, and offer spiritual rather than temporal benediction. (The Pulpit Commentary John 7) John
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Phillips - Originally in the tabernacle and then, later, in the temple, God had manifested his presence. The structure itself and the sacrifices and services connected with it were all designed to make God known. Yet, right there, the one place in all the world where God could be known, Jesus lifted up his voice to tell the people that they did not know him because they did not know God. And they thought they had a monopoly on God. (Borrow Exploring the Gospels. John) Cried out (2896) krazo refers to a loud cry or vociferation, and is a strong word expressing deep emotion. Krazo is one of those onomatopoeic words, the very pronunciation of which imitates the hoarse cry of the raven (listen), and can be an inarticulate and brutish sound or an exclamation of fear or pain. Abbott-Smith says "generally used of inarticulate cries, to scream, cry out (Aesch., etc.)" It is used of the cry of an animal, the barking of a dog and two men in a quarrel, trying to bawl each other down (so Aristophanes, Knights, 1017)" 'The prophet in awful earnestness, and as with a scream of anguish, cries over Israel' (Morison)" Krazō was also a technical, rabbinic term to refer to the loud summons of a prophet, needing to be heard (Indeed, here was the Prophet of Dt 18:15, 18 Who needed to be heard and heeded!). In Lk 18:39+ the blind beggar cried "to cry clamorously; to scream or shriek." (You can almost hear hid shrieking! He is motivated because he is blind and thinks this Man might help him see!) Krazo in John - Jn. 1:15; Jn. 7:28; Jn. 7:37; Jn. 12:13; Jn. 12:44; Jn. 19:12 John 1:15 John *testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’” John 7:28 Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know Me and know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. John 7:37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. John 12:13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, “Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the King of Israel.” John 12:44 And Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me. John 19:12 As a result of this Pilate made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, “If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar.” True (adjective) (228) alethinos from alethes = true, one who cannot lie) is an adjective which pertains to being in accordance with historical fact - genuine, real, true, valid, trustworthy (worthy of confidence, dependable). Alethinos describes that which has not only the name and resemblance, but the real nature corresponding to the name, in every respect corresponding to the idea signified by the name -- thus genuine not spurious, fictitious, counterfeit, imaginary, simulated or pretended. In describing God as "True God" Jesus is saying that He is a genuine, truthful (and thus trustworthy) God, as opposed to the counterfeit gods of idolatry that have no objective existence nor divine truth. Thayer adds "that which has not only the name and semblance, but the real nature corresponding to the name (Tittmann, p. 155; ("particularly applied to express that which is all that it pretends to be, for instance, pure gold as opposed to adulterated metal" Donaldson, New Crat. sec. 258; see, at length, Trench, sec. viii.)), in every respect corresponding to the idea signified by the name, real and true, genuine; a. opposed to what is fictitious, counterfeit, imaginary, simulated, pretended" As a divine attribute ALETHINOS has the sense of “reliable,” “righteous,” or “real” (cf. Ex. 34:6; Is. 65:16; 1 Th. 1:9; Jn. 7:28; 1 Jn. 5:20; Rev. 3:7; 6:10); in the NT it can be used of Christ as well as God. Alethinos - 28x/26v - sincere(1), true(26), true one(1). Lk. 16:11 = who will entrust the true riches; Jn. 1:9 = the true Light; Jn. 4:23 = the true worshipers; Jn. 4:37 = the saying is true; Jn. 6:32 = My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven; Jn. 7:28 = He who sent Me is true; Jn. 8:16 = My judgment is true; Jn. 15:1 = “I am the true vine; Jn. 17:3 = You, the only true God,; Jn. 19:35 = his testimony is true; 1Th 1:9 = serve a living and true God; Heb. 8:2 = the true tabernacle; Heb. 9:24 = copy of the true one; Heb. 10:22; 1 Jn. 2:8 = which is true in Him; 1 Jn. 5:20 = so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. ; Rev. 3:7 = He who is holy, who is true; Rev. 3:14 = The Amen, the faithful and true Witness; Rev. 6:10 = O Lord, holy and true; Rev. 15:3 = Righteous and true are Your ways; Rev. 16:7 = O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous; Rev. 19:2 = HIS JUDGMENTS ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS; Rev. 19:9 = These are true words of God; Rev. 19:11 = called Faithful and True; Rev. 21:5 = these words are faithful and true.”; Rev. 22:6 = These words are faithful and true John 7:29 "I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me." BGT John 7:29 ἐγὼ οἶδα αὐτόν, ὅτι παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ εἰμι κἀκεῖνός με ἀπέστειλεν. KJV John 7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. NET John 7:29 but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me." CSB John 7:29 I know Him because I am from Him, and He sent Me." ESV John 7:29 I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me." NIV John 7:29 but I know him because I am from him and he sent me." NLT John 7:29 But I know him because I come from him, and he sent me to you." NRS John 7:29 I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me." NJB John 7:29 but I know him because I have my being from him and it was he who sent me. NAB John 7:29 I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me." YLT John 7:29 and I have known Him, because I am from Him, and He did send me.' GWN John 7:29 I know him because I am from him and he sent me." BBE John 7:29 I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me. RSV John 7:29 I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me." NKJ John 7:29 "But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me." ASV John 7:29 I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me. MIT John 7:29 I know him because I represent him; he commissioned me." I: John 1:18 Jn 8:55 Jn 10:15 Jn 17:25,26 because John 3:16-17 Jn 13:3 Jn 16:27-28 Jn 17:18 1Jn 1:2 1Jn 4:9,14 John 7 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him. COMMENT - Jesus is the Interpreter of God to men John 8:55 and you have not come to know Him, but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know Him and keep His word. John 10:15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. John 17:25; 26 “O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me; 26 and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.” John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. John 13:3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, John 16:27-28 for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father. 28 “I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father.” John 17:18 “As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. JESUS IMPLIES HIS DEITY I know (eido) Him, because I am from Him, and He sent (apostello) Me - Jesus’ “I” is emphatic and in sharp contrast with the preceding “you.” This must have infuriated the Jews when He declared they did not know the Father, but that He knew the Father! Know (eido) signifies to know beyond a shadow of a doubt! In contrast to the ignorance of the Jews. Jesus is clearly saying He knows God the Father, that He was from Him (implying intimacy) and in fact was sent to earth by the Father to be His authoritative Representative. Notice Jesus does not say He was "born" into the world like any other human, but that He was sent from the Father! If He was sent from the Father, the implication is that He existed before He was born in the manger! There is a (supernatural) world of difference! Another implication is that Jesus was once again claiming to be God, which refutes the skeptics who say Jesus never claimed to be God (Wrong!) To the Jewish leaders this was an overtly blasphemous declaration which would have confirmed in their minds the need to have Jesus killed. Jesus used apostello when He sent forth the twelve (Mt 10:5) and in His prayer to His Father said "Jesus Christ whom You have sent (apostello)." Jesus was declaring his divine origin and divine commission. -- Bruce Barton Ryle on I know Him - There is a high and deep sense in which the Son knows the Father, and the Father knows the Son, which we cannot pretend to explain, because it is far above our capacities. (John 10:15.) The Jews knew nothing rightly of God the Father. Jesus on the contrary could say, “I know him,” as no one else could. (John 7 Commentary) Bishop Hall paraphrases John 8:28-29 - “Ye mutter secretly that ye know me, and the place of my birth and parentage; but ye are utterly mistaken, for I have a Father in heaven whom ye know not. I came not of myself, but my Father is He that sent me, who is the God of truth; of whom ye, after all your pretenses of knowledge, are utterly ignorant. But I do perfectly know Him, as I have good reason; for both I am from Him by eternal generation, and am by Him sent into the world to do the great work of redemption.” Bernard on I know Him - “These three words contain the unique claim of Jesus, which is pressed all through the chapters of controversy with the Jews” Robert Mounce - These people did not “know him” (i.e., God), because all true knowledge is based on a relationship. In spite of their much learning, the Jewish religionists had not come to a personal knowledge of God. But Jesus knows the Father because he is “from him” and was sent by him. Divine origin and heavenly mission are tremendous claims. From the standpoint of the authorities, such claims are the very reason Jesus should be done away with. Sabbath-breaking can be forgiven, but claims such as these constitute blasphemy, the ultimate sin (cf. 5:18). Yet if such claims are true, then it follows that Jesus is who he said he was, the very Son of God. If they are not true, then he is either a terrible sinner or a misguided fool. The same decision faced by the Jews meets today’s reader as well. Wherever the gospel is proclaimed, people must decide whether to believe that Jesus is who he says he is or to reject his claims as sheer nonsense. There is no middle ground. (See John) D A Carson - The implication is that those who recognize who he is really do know God; those who cannot discern who he is cannot possibly know God, especially not now when the very focal point of the divine self-disclosure is the incarnate Word before them (cf. 5:19–30). (Borrow The Gospel according to John) John MacArthur He sent Me - He had not come on His own, but rather had been sent by the true God. But to the unbelieving crowd, and more shockingly to the religious leaders, Jesus said, “you do not know [the God you profess]” (cf. John 8:41–47). (See John Commentary) J C
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Phillips - These officers were members of the temple police, charged with the maintenance of law and order within the precincts of the temple. They were Levites. Their commanding officer, called "captain of the temple," wielded considerable power, second only to that of the chief priest. For this reason he was usually chosen from one of the leading chief-priest families. (Borrow Exploring the Gospels. John)
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Phillips has an interesting note about the timing Jesus alludes to as a little while longer - This knowledge was based not only on his spiritual intuition and omniscience. It was something that a diligent student of Scripture could figure out for himself from Daniel's prophecy of the seventy weeks (Daniel 9:24-27-see commentary on Da 9:26). The Messiah was to be "cut off" after the lapse of sixty-nine "weeks" of years (483 years) from the date of the decree of Artaxerxes, in the twentieth year of his reign (445 B.C.), permitting Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem and build it (Nehemiah 2:1-8). The computation is not simple, but we can be sure that Jesus figured it out. The exact date was known to him. He was to be crucified within a week of his triumphal entry into Jerusalem and that date had been foretold by Daniel's prophecy. (Borrow Exploring the Gospels. John) John 7:34 "You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come." BGT John 7:34 ζητήσετέ με καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετέ [με], καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν. KJV John 7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come. NET John 7:34 You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come." CSB John 7:34 You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come." ESV John 7:34 You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come." NIV John 7:34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come." NLT John 7:34 You will search for me but not find me. And you cannot go where I am going." NRS John 7:34 You will search for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come." NJB John 7:34 You will look for me and will not find me; where I am you cannot come. NAB John 7:34 You will look for me but not find (me), and where I am you cannot come." YLT John 7:34 ye will seek me, and ye shall not find; and where I am, ye are not able to come.' GWN John 7:34 You will look for me, but you won't find me. You can't go where I'm going." BBE John 7:34 You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come. RSV John 7:34 you will seek me and you will not find me; where I am you cannot come." NKJ John 7:34 "You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come." ASV John 7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come. MIT John 7:34 You will search for me and you will not find me. Furthermore, where I am going you cannot come. John 8:21-24 Jn 13:33-36 Jn 14:3,6 Jn 17:24 Pr 1:24-31 Hos 5:6 Mt 23:39 Lu 13:24,25,34,35 Lk 17:22,23 John 7 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: John 8:21-24+ Then He said again to them, “I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” 22 So the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23 And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. 24 “Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” John 13:33-36+ (JESUS IN HIS LAST WORDS TO HIS DISCIPLES BEFORE THE CROSS) “Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ (SAME THING HE TOLD THE JEWS IN JOHN 7:34 -- BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. KEEP READING) 34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” 36 Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered, “Where I go, you cannot follow Me now; but you will follow later.” Proverbs 1:24-29+ “Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; 25 And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof; 26 I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes, 27 When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. 28 “Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me, 29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD. (OH THE TRAGEDY OF PROCRASTINATION! TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE!) Amos 8:11 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord GOD, “When I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather for hearing the words of the LORD. TOO LITTLE TOO LATE! Webster's says "too little, too late" means "not enough and not soon enough to make a difference!" You will seek (zeteo) Me, and will (ou - absolutely) not find (heurisko) Me - Will is future tense (seek...find), so that in effect Jesus is giving a prophecy and one that would soon be fulfilled, a prophecy that ultimately would be fulfilled by His death, resurrection and ascension. Sadly, they will seek Jesus physically, but not spiritually! They cannot find Him because their unbelief renders them spiritually blind and unable to understand that He would return to His Father. Then the only way they could possibly find Him would be by faith, not sight! The "divine exception" is that they will see Him for Paul writes "every eye will see Him" (Rev 1:7+), but again this is "too little, too late!" And of course they will see Him at the Great White Throne where He will judge them guilty and condemn they to everlasting punishment in the lake of fire (Rev 20:11-15+). Time was running out for them to seek Him Martin Luther writes, “These are terrible words, I do not like to read them.” A T
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Phillips - As far as the Jews were concerned, all this talk about going where they could not find him, especially if it meant going to the Gentiles, was irrational. No true messiah could possibly entertain such irresponsible notions as that. "What kind of talk is this?" they asked. It was nonsense-yet a vague feeling persisted that perhaps there was more to it than they understood. (Borrow Exploring the Gospels. John) Merrill Tenney - The perplexity of the crowd over Jesus’ answer was echoed later by Simon Peter, who, upon hearing him speak similar words, said, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you” (Jn 13:37). The crowd could not follow Jesus because of their ignorance of his identity and purpose; Simon was incapable because he lacked courage. (See The Expositor's Bible Commentary R C H
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Phillips comments - How strange is the insanity that keeps men from flinging themselves on their faces before God and drinking deep of the water of life. The rich man in hell wanted just a single drop to ease the torment of his thirst (Lk 16:24 The rich man in hades "cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame."). When he was alive, he might have come and received eternal access to the river of life. But he never came. Now for all eternity he must be tormented, with his cravings and longings forever unquenched. So then, this last welcome rings out from the Spirit of God-"Come!" (Revelation Commentary) Are you thirsty? The words of Horatius Bonar's great hymn beautifully testify of Christ the Smitten Rock and the Living Waters that flowed forth His pierced side on Calvary's Cross... I HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS SAY “Behold, I freely give The living water; thirsty one Stoop down and drink and live.” I came to Jesus and I drank Of that life-giving stream; My thirst was quenched, my soul revived, And now I live in Him. Or listen to Michael Card's Version of "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" Robert McCheyne - All believers should be thirsty; alas! few are. Signs: 1. Much thirst after the Word.—When two travellers are going through the wilderness, you may know which of them is thirsty, by his always looking out for wells....(2.) Much prayer.—When a little child is thirsty for its mother’s breast, it will not keep silence; no more will a child of God who is thirsty. Thirst will lead you to the secret well, where you may draw unseen the living water. It will lead you to united prayer... (3.) Desire to grow in grace.—Some persons are contented when they come to Christ. They sink back, as it were, into an easy chair, they ask no more, they wish no more. This must not be. If you are thirsty believers, you will seek salvation as much after conversion as before it. (The Works of the Late Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne) Ray Pritchard on spiritual thirst - Inside all of us there is a thirst that nothing in this world can satisfy. We all have a “God-shaped vacuum” that only God can fill. Some people thirst for sexual fulfillment, so they hop from one relationship to another. Some people think career advancement is the key to happiness, so they move from job to job. Husbands leave their wives for other women, and still they are not happy. Wives leave their husbands for other men, and they aren’t happy either. Some of us are adrenalin junkies, always on the move, looking for the next jolt of excitement, the next big adventure, the next battle to fight, trying to fulfill the “Wild at Heart” impulse we feel on the inside. But adventure itself never lasts very long. Life returns to the ordinary and we wonder, “What do we do now?” Some people thirst for significance, others thirst for power, others thirst for fame or wealth or close relationships to fill the lonely void inside. There is the thirst of the intellect—we want to know the truth. There is the thirst of the conscience—we are guilty and need forgiveness. There is the thirst of the heart—we desperately search for happiness and don’t know where to find it. We come to Christ because we are thirsty, and until we see our need and cry out for help, we will never come at all. As Jesus said, only the sick need a physician. Only the hungry will be fed. Only the lost are found. Only the thirsty drink the living water. (When God Comes Near- “I Believe in the Holy Spirit”) As J
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Phillips comments - How strange is the insanity that keeps men from flinging themselves on their faces before God and drinking deep of the water of life. The rich man in hell wanted just a single drop to ease the torment of his thirst (Lk 16:24 The rich man in hades "cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame."). When he was alive, he might have come and received eternal access to the river of life. But he never came. Now for all eternity he must be tormented, with his cravings and longings forever unquenched. So then, this last welcome rings out from the Spirit of God-"Come!" (Revelation Commentary) Are you thirsty? The words of Horatius Bonar's great hymn beautifully testify of Christ the Smitten Rock and the Living Waters that flowed forth His pierced side on Calvary's Cross… I HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS SAY “Behold, I freely give The living water; thirsty one Stoop down and drink and live.” I came to Jesus and I drank Of that life-giving stream; My thirst was quenched, my soul revived, And now I live in Him. Or listen to Michael Card's Version of "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" Robert McCheyne - All believers should be thirsty; alas! few are. Signs: 1. Much thirst after the Word.—When two travellers are going through the wilderness, you may know which of them is thirsty, by his always looking out for wells… (2.) Much prayer.—When a little child is thirsty for its mother’s breast, it will not keep silence; no more will a child of God who is thirsty. Thirst will lead you to the secret well, where you may draw unseen the living water. It will lead you to united prayer… (3.) Desire to grow in grace.—Some persons are contented when they come to Christ. They sink back, as it were, into an easy chair, they ask no more, they wish no more. This must not be. If you are thirsty believers, you will seek salvation as much after conversion as before it. (The Works of the Late Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne) Ray Pritchard on spiritual thirst - Inside all of us there is a thirst that nothing in this world can satisfy. We all have a “God-shaped vacuum” that only God can fill. Some people thirst for sexual fulfillment, so they hop from one relationship to another. Some people think career advancement is the key to happiness, so they move from job to job. Husbands leave their wives for other women, and still they are not happy. Wives leave their husbands for other men, and they aren’t happy either. Some of us are adrenalin junkies, always on the move, looking for the next jolt of excitement, the next big adventure, the next battle to fight, trying to fulfill the “Wild at Heart” impulse we feel on the inside. But adventure itself never lasts very long. Life returns to the ordinary and we wonder, “What do we do now?” Some people thirst for significance, others thirst for power, others thirst for fame or wealth or close relationships to fill the lonely void inside. There is the thirst of the intellect—we want to know the truth. There is the thirst of the conscience—we are guilty and need forgiveness. There is the thirst of the heart—we desperately search for happiness and don’t know where to find it. We come to Christ because we are thirsty, and until we see our need and cry out for help, we will never come at all. As Jesus said, only the sick need a physician. Only the hungry will be fed. Only the lost are found. Only the thirsty drink the living water. (When God Comes Near- “I Believe in the Holy Spirit”) As J