Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...5: 37-47. It fits well to verse 14. (2) The connection of verse ig with 5: 37-47 is by no means so clear as between 19 and what immediately precedes it. Both sections refer to Moses and the unresponsive attitude of the people toward him, but in chapter 5 the reproof is concerning faith; in chapter 7, regarding obedience. (3) It must be borne in mind that the violation of the Sabbath was a "standing" and supreme cause of antagonism to Jesus. May not the question, "Why do you seek to kill me?" have called up the former experience in Jerusalem? It is expressly stated in chapter 5: 18, that on account of his Sabbath violations, of which the curing of the man with a chronic illness had been a specific and notable illustration, the Jews sought to kill him. (See Weiss on John in loco and Haupt in Studien und Kritiien, 1893.) The following order has been suggested: 6:1-71, 5:1-47, 7:15-24,1-14, 251. 5. The Discourse Concerning His Origin (7:25-29) They dis-Jesus had been speaking quite freely and boldly durMe'siah-ing the time he was in the city. Some of the inhabitants the1pZiat of of the city who knew of the intentions of the authorities view of bis concluded from Jesus's manner of speech that there must origin have been some change of opinion favorable to him, and yet they were sure that he could not be the Messiah since they knew the birthplace and parents of Jesus, whereas the real Messiah, according to a current tradition, would come from no one knew where. All this finds expression in the introduction to the second brief discourse which Jesus delivered regarding his origin. The audience was probably not the same as that which heard the previous address. THE SECOND DISCOURSE: HIS ORIGIN I. This was known to them as far...
