John 7:1
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to slay him.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
2And the Jewish feast of tabernacles drew near.
Cross References
Matthew 21:38But the cultivators, when they saw the son, said among themselves: This is the heir: Come; let us kill him, and retain his inheritance.
John 1:19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews of Jerusalem sent to him priests and Levites, to ask him, Who art thou?
John 4:54This again was the second sign that Jesus wrought, when he came from Judaea to Galilee.
John 7:19Did not Moses give you the law? Yet no one of you observeth the law.
John 8:37I know that ye are the children of Abraham; but ye seek to kill me, because ye do not acquiesce in my word.
John 10:39And again they sought to lay hold of him; but he escaped out of their hands;
Matthew Henry on John 7:1
In this chapter we have, I. Christ's declining for some time to appear publicly in Judea, ver. 1 . II. His design to go up to Jerusalem at the feast of tabernacles, and his discourse with his kindred in Galilee concerning his going up to this feast, ver. 2-13 . III. His preaching publicly in the temple at that feast. 1. In the midst of the feast, ver. 14, 15 . We have his discourse with the Jews, (1.) Concerning his doctrine, ver. 16-18 . (2.) Concerning the crime of sabbath-breaking laid to his charge, ver. 19-24… Read the whole commentary →