John 7:24

24 "Stop judging only by what you see. Judge correctly."

John 7:24 Meaning and Commentary

John 7:24

Judge not according to the appearance
Or through respect of persons, and so as to please men, the Scribes and Pharisees; who had condemned the action of Christ, in curing the diseased man on the sabbath day, and sought to kill him for it:

but judge righteous judgment;
give your sense and judgment of things, according to the truth and evidence of them; and do not find fault with that, which you yourselves allow of, and which Moses and his law, and your own practices, justify.

John 7:24 In-Context

22 Moses gave you circumcision, and so you circumcise a child on the Sabbath day. But circumcision did not really come from Moses. It came from Abraham.

23 You circumcise a child on the Sabbath day. You think that if you do, you won't break the law of Moses. Then why are you angry with me? I healed a whole man on the Sabbath!

24 "Stop judging only by what you see. Judge correctly."

25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem began asking questions. They said, "Isn't this the man some people are trying to kill?

26 Here he is! He is speaking openly. They aren't saying a word to him. Have the authorities really decided that he is the Christ?