But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
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Gill's Exposition
Then the Jews sought him at the feast,.... Some to take him and kill him, and others to hear his doctrine, and see his miracles: for all expected him at the feast, knowing it was always his custom, as…
Adam Clarke
But when his brethren were gone up - Having despatched his business, and the concourse of people being now past, he went up also.
We have here, I. The reason given why Christ spent more of his time in Galilee than in Judea (Joh 7:1): because the Jews, the people in Judea and Jerusalem, sought to kill him, for curing the impotent…
The Discourse at the Feast of Tabernacles
Of this section Joh 7:10-15 form a sort of introduction.
"An equal degree of authenticity belongs to the verses which follow, 10 15. The whispered enquiries…
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