Chapter 7

7:4  For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

world

kosmos = mankind. (See Scofield "Matthew 4:8") .

7:7  The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

world

kosmos = world-system. John 8:23 ; 7:7, See note, Revelation 13:3-8, (See Scofield "Revelation 13:8") .

7:20  The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

devil demon.

(See Scofield "Matthew 7:22") .

7:22  Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

but of the fathers

Genesis 17:10 . (See Scofield "Matthew 12:1") .

7:24  Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

righteous

(See Scofield "1 John 3:7") .

7:39  (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Spirit

Holy Spirit. John 14:17 John 14:26 ; Matthew 1:18 See summary note, (See Scofield "Acts 2:4") .

7:53  And every man went unto his own house.

and every man

John 7:53-8:11 ; is not found in some of the most ancient manuscripts. Augustine declares that it was stricken from many copies of the sacred story because of a prudish fear that it might teach immorality! But the immediate context John 7:12-46 beginning with Christ's declaration, "I am the light of the world." seems clearly to have its occasion in the conviction wrought in the hearts of the Pharisees, as recorded in ; John 7:9 ; as also, it explains the peculiar virulence of the Pharisee's words ( John 7:41 ).