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John 7 — Sermon Preparation
At the Feast of Tabernacles, crowds debate Jesus's identity as he teaches in the temple and promises rivers of living water. Below is a research summary for John 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 39
- classic sermon excerpts
- 9
- preachers & commentators
John 7 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ζητέω | zētéō | G2212 | 11 | be about, desire, endeavour, enquire |
| ἑορτή | heortḗ | G1859 | 7 | feast, holyday |
| ὄχλος | óchlos | G3793 | 8 | company, multitude, number, people |
| οὐδείς | oudeís | G3762 | 7 | any, aught, man, neither any |
| Ἰουδαῖος | Ioudaîos | G2453 | 6 | Jew, of Judæa |
| Γαλιλαία | Galilaía | G1056 | 5 | Galilee |
| ἀποκρίνομαι | apokrínomai | G611 | 6 | answer |
How preachers through history handled this text
39 public-domain excerpts on John 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The malice of Christ's enemies is always against reason, and sometimes the staying of it cannot be accounted for. Never any man spake with that wisdom, and power, and grace, that convincing clearness, and that sweetness, wherewith Christ spake. Alas, that many, who are for a time restrained, and who speak highly of the word of Jesus, speedily lose their convictions, and go on in their sins! People are foolishly swayed by outward motives in matters of eternal moment, are willing even to be damned for fashion's sake. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on John 7:40–53 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Galilee 1— John 7:1
- Judea 1— John 7:1
- Jerusalem— John 7:25
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