John 7:25

25 Therefore some of Jerusalem said, Whether this is not he, whom the Jews seek to slay?

John 7:25 Meaning and Commentary

John 7:25

Then said some of them of Jerusalem
Who were inhabitants of Jerusalem, and so are distinguished from the people, ( John 7:20 ) , who came up out of the country to the feast; so Jose ben Jochanan is called (Mylvwry vya) , "a man of Jerusalem" ^F3; that is, an inhabitant of it: now these men living in the city, knew more of the temper and disposition, the designs and attempts, of the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, to take away the life of Christ; and therefore say,

is not this he whom they seek to kill?
they knew that they had formed a design to kill him, ever since the passover before the last; when he wrought the miracle referred to in the text, and that they had been ever since plotting against his life, and were now at this feast seeking an opportunity to lay hold on him and kill him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Pirke Abot, c. 1. sect. 4, 5.

John 7:25 In-Context

23 If a man take circumcision in the sabbath, that the law of Moses be not broken, have ye indignation to me, for I made all a man whole in the sabbath [have ye indignation, or wrath, to me, for I made all the man whole in the sabbath]?

24 Do not ye deem after the face, but deem ye a rightful doom [but deem a rightful doom].

25 Therefore some of Jerusalem said, Whether this is not he, whom the Jews seek to slay?

26 and lo! he speaketh openly, and they say nothing to him. Whether the princes know verily, that this is Christ?

27 But we know this man, of whence he is; but when Christ shall come, no man knoweth of whence he is.