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John 7:9 KJV
John · chapter 7 · verse 9
When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.John 7:9 · King James Version
John 7:9 in context
7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
8Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.
9When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
10But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
11Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wordstautatheseG5023 →
- abodemenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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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