He abode still in Galilee (εμεινεν εν τη Γαλιλαια). No "still" (ετ) in the Greek text. The constative aorist active indicative εμε…

He remained in Galilee.—We find Him in Jerusalem between the 16th and 20th of Tishri (John 7:14), and He could not the…

And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last; and Jesus w…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Our Lord at first declares that He will not go up to the feast—I go not up with you—to avoid…

Jesus did not plan to go immediately to Jerusalem; he would wait until “the right time.” His brothers may have intended to make a show of his arriv…

He remained in Galilee. The Evangelist here places before our eyes the cousins of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, in compliance with ordinary …

When he had said these words to them Had exhorted them to go up to the feast, and told them that he should not go yet, an…

The brothers or kinsmen of Jesus were disgusted when they found there was no prospect of worldly advantages from him. Ungodly men sometimes underta…

1. After the Evangelist mentioned how our Lord’s relatives urged him to go to Judea, he also tells us what Christ replied to them. He then t…