John 7:14

14 But when the Festival was already half over, Jesus went up to the Temple and commenced teaching.

John 7:14 Meaning and Commentary

John 7:14

Now about the midst of the feast
About the fourth day of it, for it lasted eight days; this might be on the sabbath day, which sometimes was (gxh Kwtb) , "in the middle of the feast" ^F14; and the rather, since it follows,

Jesus went up into the temple;
as the Lord and proprietor of it, and as was his usual method; he had for some reasons kept himself retired till now, and now he appeared publicly:

and taught
the people his doctrine; he expounded the Scriptures, gave the true sense of them, and instructed the people out of them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Misa. Succa, c. 5. sect. 5.

John 7:14 In-Context

12 Among the mass of the people there was much muttered debate about Him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so: he is imposing on the people."

13 Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke out boldly about Him.

14 But when the Festival was already half over, Jesus went up to the Temple and commenced teaching.

15 The Jews were astonished. "How does this man know anything of books," they said, "although he has never been at any of the schools?"

16 Jesus answered their question by saying, "My teaching does not belong to me, but comes from Him who sent me.