John 7:1

Context

The Feast of Tabernacles

7:1 After this¹ Jesus traveled throughout Galilee.² He³ stayed out of Judea⁴ because the Jewish leaders⁵ wanted⁶ to kill him.

John 10:33

Context
10:33 The Jewish leaders⁷ replied,⁸ “We are not going to stone you for a good deed⁹ but for blasphemy,¹⁰ because¹¹ you, a man, are claiming to be God.”¹²

[7:1] ¹sn Again, the transition is indicated by the imprecise temporal indicator After this. Clearly, though, the author has left out much of the events of Jesus’ ministry, because chap. 6 took place near the Passover (6:4). This would have been the Passover between winter/spring of a.d. 32, just one year before Jesus’ crucifixion (assuming a date of a.d. 33 for the crucifixion), or the Passover of winter/spring a.d. 29, assuming a date of a.d. 30 for the crucifixion.

[7:1] ²tn Grk “Jesus was traveling around in Galilee.”

[7:1] ³tn Grk “For he.” Here γάρ (gar, “for”) has not been translated.

[7:1] ⁴tn Grk “he did not want to travel around in Judea.”

[7:1] ⁵tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory, the authorities in Jerusalem, or merely those who were hostile to Jesus. (For further information see R. G. Bratcher, “‘The Jews’ in the Gospel of John,” BT 26 [1975]: 401-9.) Here the phrase should be restricted to the Jewish authorities or leaders who were Jesus’ primary opponents.

[7:1] ⁶tn Grk “were seeking.”

[10:33] ⁷tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here again the phrase refers to the Jewish leaders. See the notes on the phrase “Jewish people” in v. 19 and “Jewish leaders” in vv. 24, 31.

[10:33] ⁸tn Grk “answered him.”

[10:33] ⁹tn Or “good work.”

[10:33] ¹⁰sn This is the first time the official charge of blasphemy is voiced openly in the Fourth Gospel (although it was implicit in John 8:59).

[10:33] ¹¹tn Grk “and because.”

[10:33] ¹²tn Grk “you, a man, make yourself to be God.”