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Geneva Study Bible - John 7:24

7:24 {9} Judge not {g} according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.(9) We must judge according to the truth of things, lest men turn us from the truth and carry us away.(g) By the show that I make: for I seem to be a despicable person from among the rabble of Galilee, and a carpenter’s son, whom no man considers to be very important: but mark the matter itself well, and judge the tree by the fruit. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - John 7:25

7:25 {10} Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?(10) Many marvel that the endeavours of the enemies of God have no success, but in the meanwhile they do not acknowledge the strength and power of God. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - John 7:27

7:27 {11} Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.(11) Men are very wise to have checks and balances for their own thoughts. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - John 7:28

7:28 {12} Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.(12) The truth of Christ does not depend upon the judgment of man. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - John 7:30

7:30 {13} Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.(13) The wicked cannot do what they desire, but what God has appointed. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - John 7:32

7:32 {14} The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.(14) As the kingdom of God increases, so increases the rage of his enemies, till at last they seek in vain for those missing blessings which they despised when they were present. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - John 7:35

7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the {h} dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?(h) Literally, "to the dispersion of the Gentiles" or "Greeks", and under the name of the Greeks he refers to the Jews who were dispersed among the Gentiles. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - John 7:37

7:37 {15} In the {i} last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.(15) There are two principles of our salvation: the one is to be thoroughly touched with a true feeling of our extreme poverty: the other to seek in Christ only (whom we catch hold of by faith) the abundance of all good things.(i) The last day of the feast of tabernacles, that is, the eighth day, was as celebrated a day as the first. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - John 7:38

7:38 He that believeth on me, as the {k} scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.(k) The scripture being referred to is not found anywhere word for word, but rather Christ seems to be referring to many different places where mention is made of the gifts of the Holy Spirit; see Joel 2:28-29; Isaiah 44:3 and especially Isaiah 55:1-13 . read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - John 7:39

7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the {l} Holy Ghost was not yet [given]; because that Jesus was not yet {m} glorified.)(l) What is meant by the Holy Spirit he expressed a little before, speaking of the Spirit which they that believed in him should receive. So that by the name of Holy Spirit are meant the powers and mighty workings of the Holy Spirit.(m) That is, those things were not yet seen and perceived which were to show and set forth... read more

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