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John 7:1 KJV
John · chapter 7 · verse 1
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.John 7:1 · King James Version
John 7:1 in context
1After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
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Key words (Strong's)
- GalileegalilaiaGalilee = " Circuit" , the name of a region of northern Palestine, bounded on the…G1056 →
- walkedperipateōto walk, to make one s way, progress to make due use of opportunities, Hebrew for, to…G4043 →
- soughtzēteōto seek in order to find, to seek a thing, to seek [in order to find out] by thinking…G2212 →
- Aftermetawith, after, behindG3326 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- JewryioudaiaJudaea = " he shall be praised" , in a narrower sense, to the southern portion of…G2449 →
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We have here, I. The reason given why Christ spent more of his time in Galilee than in Judea (Joh 7:1): because the Jews, the people in Judea and Jerusalem, sought to kill him, for curing the impotent man on the sabbath day, Joh 5:16.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13