John 7 · Verse 1

John 7:1

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 other translations

BSBAfter this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
WEBAfter these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
ASVAnd after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judæa, because the Jews sought to kill him.
YLTAnd Jesus was walking after these things in Galilee, for he did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him,
DARBYAnd after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
BBEAfter this, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee. He did not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were looking for a chance to put him to death.
WebsterAfter these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

What does John 7:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 7:1-2

Joh 7:1-53. Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles.

1-2. After these things--that is, all that is recorded after Joh 5:18. walked in Galilee--continuing His labors there, instead of going to Judea, as might have been expected. sought to kill him--referring back to Joh 5:18. Hence it appears that our Lord did not attend the Passover mentioned in Joh 6:4--being the third since His ministry began, if the feast mentioned in Joh 5:1 was a Passover.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 1. After these things. After the transactions which are recorded in the last chapters had taken place, and after the offence he had given the Jews. See Jn 5:18.

Jesus walked. Or Jesus lived, or taught. He travelled around Galilee teaching.

In Jewry. In Judea, the southern division of Palestine. Comp. Jn 4:3.

The Jews sought. That is, the rulers of the Jews. It does not appear that the common people ever attempted to take his life.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Jesus continues in Galilee, Joh 7:1. He is desired to go to the feast of tabernacles, Joh 7:2-5. His answer, Joh 7:6-9. He goes up, and the Jews seek him at the feast, Joh 7:10-13. He teaches in the temple, Joh 7:14-24. The Jews are confounded by his preaching, Joh 7:25-27. He continues to teach; they wish to slay him, Joh 7:28-30. Many of the people believe on him, Joh 7:31. The Pharisees murmur, and our Lord reasons with them, Joh 7:32-36. His preaching on the last day of the feast, Joh 7:37-39. The people are greatly divided in their opinions concerning him, Joh 7:40-44. The officers, who were sent by the Pharisees to take him, return, and because they did not bring him, their employers are offended, Joh 7:45-49. Nicodemus reasons with them, Joh 7:50-53. Verse 1 After these things - St. John passes from the preceding discourse of our Lord, which he delivered a little before the passover, Joh 6:4, to the Feast of Tabernacles, which happened six months after, and thus omits many things mentioned by the other evangelists, which our blessed Lord said and did during that time. He had already gone over Galilee four or five times; and he continued there, because he found that the hatred of the Jews was such that they would kill him if they could meet with him in Judea; and his time to suffer was not yet come. For he would not walk in Jewry - Instead of this, some MSS., versions, and fathers read, ουγαρ ειχεν εξουσιαν, he had not authority, or liberty to walk, etc. That is, he was no longer tolerated, and could not preach publicly in Judea, but at the risk of his life. He found greater scope for the exercise of his important ministry in Galilee than in Judea, as the chief priests, etc., were continually plotting his death.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 7:1-13
The brethren or kinsmen of Jesus were disgusted, when they found there was no prospect of worldly advantages from him. Ungodly men sometimes undertake to counsel those employed in the work of God; but they only advise what appears likely to promote present advantages. The people differed about his doctrine and miracles, while those who favoured him, dared not openly to avow their sentiments. Those who count the preachers of the gospel to be deceivers, speak out, while many who favour them, fear to get reproach by avowing regard for them.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

John 7:1 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
μετὰmetaafterG3326
ταῦταtautathese thingsG3778
περιεπάτειperiepateiwas walkingG4043
ὁho<the>G3588
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesusG2424
ἐνeninG1722
τῇtēa<the>G3588
Γαλιλαίᾳ·GalilaiaGalilee;G1056
οὐounotG3756
γὰρgarforG1063
ἤθελενēthelenHe was desiringG2309
ἐνeninG1722
τῇtēa<the>G3588
ἸουδαίᾳIoudaiaJudeaG2449
περιπατεῖν,peripateinto walk,G4043
ὅτιhotibecauseG3754
ἐζήτουνezētounwere seekingG2212
αὐτὸνautonHimG846
οἱhoitheG3588
ἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiJewsG2453
ἀποκτεῖναι.apokteinaito kill.G615

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Cross references for John 7:1

  • John 5:16-18

    And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

  • Matthew 21:38

    But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.

  • John 4:3

    He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.

  • John 7:19

    Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

  • Matthew 10:23

    But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

  • Acts 10:38

    How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

  • Luke 13:31-33

    The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

  • John 10:39-40

    Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.

  • John 1:19

    And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

  • John 8:37

    I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

  • John 4:54

    This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee.

  • John 11:53-54

    Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Jesus reproves the ambition and boldness of his kinsmen;
10 goes up from Galilee to the feast of tabernacles;
14 teaches in the temple.
40 Divers opinions of him among the people.
45 The Pharisees are angry that their officers took him not, and chide with Nicodemus for taking his part.

A.M. 4037. A.D. 33. walked.
4:3,54; 10:39,40; 11:54; Lu 13:31-33; Ac 10:38
Jewry.Jewry, or Judea, as distinguished from Galilee and Samaria, contained the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Simeon, and Dan, being bounded on the north by the village Annach or Dorceus, on the borders of Samaria; on the south by a village called Jarda in Arabia; and extending in breadth from the river Jordan to Joppa and the Mediterranean, having Jerusalem in its centre.
because.
19,25; 5:16-18; Mt 10:23; 21:38

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Context

  • John 7:1

    After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

  • John 7:2

    Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.

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John 7:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y PASADAS estas cosas andaba Jesús en Galilea: que no quería andar en Judea, porque los Judíos procuraban matarle.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et après ces choses, Jésus se tenait en Galilée, car il ne voulait pas se tenir en Judée, parce que les Juifs cherchaient à le faire mourir.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und nach diesem wandelte Jesus in Galiläa; denn er wollte nicht in Judäa wandeln, weil die Juden ihn zu töten suchten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Post hæc autem ambulabat Jesus in Galilæam: non enim volebat in Judæam ambulare, quia quærebant eum Judæi interficere.