John 7:30

Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Then	οὖν oun	G3767	(adverbially) certainly · conjunction
sought	ἐζήτουν ezētoun	G2212	to seek (literally or figuratively) · verb — imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural
take	πιάσαι, piasai	G4084	to squeeze · verb — aorist active infinitive
him	αὐτὸν auton	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine
but	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
man	οὐδεὶς oudeis	G3762	not even one (man · adjective — nominative singular masculine
laid	ἐπέβαλεν epebalen	G1911	to throw upon (literal or figurative · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
hands	χεῖρα, cheira	G5495	the hand (literally or figuratively (power) · noun — accusative singular feminine
on	ἐπ᾽ ep᾽	G1909	properly · preposition
him	αὐτὸν auton	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine
because	ὅτι hoti	G3754	demonstrative · conjunction
his	αὐτοῦ.¶ autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
hour	ὥρα hōra	G5610	an "hour" (literally or figuratively) · noun — nominative singular feminine
was	ἐληλύθει elēluthei	G2064	to come or go (in a great variety of applications · verb — second pluperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular
yet	οὔπω oupō	G3768	not yet · adverb — negative
come	ἔρχομαι érchomai	G2064	to come or go (in a great variety of applications

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Cross-references

John 7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
John 8:20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
John 10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
John 7:32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
Psalms 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do…
Matthew 21:46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Mark 11:18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonishe…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 7:14-36

Here is, I. Christ's public preaching in the temple (Joh 7:14): He went up into the temple, and taught, according to his custom when he was at Jerusalem. His business was to preach the gospel of the kingdom, and he did it in every place of concourse. His sermon is not recorded, because, probably, it was to the same purport with the sermons he had preached in Galilee, which were recorded by the other evangelists. For the gospel is the same to the plain and to the polite. But that which is observable here is that it was about the midst of the feast; the fourth or fifth day of the eight. Whether he did not come up to Jerusalem till the middle of the feast, or whether he came up at the beginning…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 7:30

sought to take . . . none laid hands--their impotence being equal to their malignity.

Adam Clarke on John 7:29

But I know him: for I am from him - Instead of εἰμὶ, I am, some editions, the Syriac Hieros. read εἷμι, I came, according to the Attics. Nonnus confirms this reading by paraphrasing the word by εληλυθα, I came. As the difference between the two words lies only in the accents, and as these are not found in ancient MSS., it is uncertain which way the word was understood by them: nor is the matter of much moment; both words amount nearly to the same meaning and εἷμι, I came, seems too refined.

John Gill on John 7:30

Then they sought to take him,.... By force, and carry him before the sanhedrim, in order to be tried and condemned as a blasphemer, being enraged to hear him claim a descent from God, whom they took to be a mere man, the son of Joseph the carpenter: but no man laid hands on him; though they had a good will to it, they had no power to do it, being restrained by the, secret providence of God from it, and awed by the majesty of Christ, which showed itself in his looks and words; and perhaps also they might be afraid of the people, lest they should rise in his favour; and so every man being fearful of being the first that should seize him, no man did: however, so it was ordered by divine provid…

The Church Fathers

They wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him—as if they were prevented by divine power—because the time had not come yet in which his passion had to be accomplished. From this it appears that he could not be arrested by them if he did not want to be.
— Theodore of Mopsuestia, COMMENTARY ON JOHN 3.7.30-31

(Tract. xxxi. s. 5) That is, because He was not so pleased; for our Lord was not born subject to fate. Thou must not believe this even of thyself, much less of Him by Whom thou wert made. And if thine hour is in His will, is not His hour in His own will? His home then here does not mean the time that He was obliged to die, but the time that He deigned to be put to death.
— Augustine of Hippo ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

"Then they sought to take Him, and no man laid his hand upon Him, because His hour was not yet come." Seest thou that they are invisibly restrained, and their anger bridled? But wherefore saith It not, that He had restrained them invisibly, but, "Because His hour was not yet come"? The Evangelist was minded to speak more humanly and in a lowlier strain, so that Christ might be deemed to be also Man. For because Christ everywhere speaketh of sublime matters, he therefore intersperseth expressions of this kind.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on the Gospel of John 50

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Dictionary and topics

Persecution · OF JESUS — OF JESUS

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John 7:30

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 7:14-36

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 7:30

Adam Clarke on John 7:29

John Gill on John 7:30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John 7:30

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 7:14-36

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 7:30

Adam Clarke on John 7:29

John Gill on John 7:30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on John 7:25-30

Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 7:30