יוחנן 7:3

Delitzsche Hebrew New Testament

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו אֱחָיו קוּם וְלֵךְ מִזֶּה אַרְצָה יְהוּדָה לְמַעַן יִרְאוּ גַם־תַּלְמִידֶיךָ אֶת־הַמַּעֲשִׂים אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה עֹשֶׂה׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Modern Translation
ויאמרו אליו אחיו קום ולך מזה ארצה יהודה למען יראו גם תלמידיך את המעשים אשר אתה עשה׃

Bible Verse Review
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brethren: John 7:5, Matthew 12:46, Matthew 12:47, Mark 3:31, Luke 8:19, Acts 2:14

Depart: Genesis 37:5-11, Genesis 37:20, 1 Samuel 17:28, Jeremiah 12:6, Matthew 22:16, Matthew 22:17

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:4 - hated him Daniel 5:13 - Jewry Mark 3:21 - friends Mark 3:33 - or Luke 4:23 - do Luke 8:20 - thy brethren John 2:12 - and his brethren John 3:22 - these John 6:15 - take

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 3 His brethren therefore said unto him,.... That is, the brethren of Jesus, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it; who were not James and Joses, and Simon and Judas, the sons of Alphaeus, the brother of Joseph, the husband of Mary, so called, Matthew 13:55, for some of these were of the number of the twelve; and all of them believers in Christ; whereas these his brethren were not. The Jew l therefore is mistaken, who supposed the above persons are here intended; and objects this their unbelief to Jesus, as if they knew him too well to give him any credit; whereas they did believe in him, and abode by him to the last; and some of them, if not all, suffered death for his sake. They therefore are to be understood of some distant relations of Mary or Joseph, that dwelt at Nazareth, or Capernaum, or in some of those parts; and the feast of tabernacles being at hand, they put him upon going up to it, being willing to be rid of him: saying,

depart hence: which is the language of carnal men, who desire not the company of Christ, nor the knowledge of his ways; and like the Gergesenes, who preferred their swine to Christ, and desired him to depart out of their coasts:

and go into Judea; among his most inveterate enemies, who sought to take away his life; and which doubtless they knew; which showed a quite different regard to him, from that of his true disciples,

John 11:7, for which they give some plausible reasons:

that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest: meaning not his twelve disciples, who were now with him, but the disciples he had made, and baptized in Judea, John 4:1. Or his disciples in the several parts of the land, who would all be at Jerusalem, at the feast of tabernacles; and so, should he go, would have an opportunity of seeing his miracles, and thereby be the more confirmed in the faith of him,

l R. Isaac Chizzuk Emuna, par. 2. c. 45. p. 434, 435.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His brethren - See the notes at Matthew 12:47.

Thy disciples - The disciples which he had made when he was before in Judea, John 4:1-3.

The works - The miracles.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 7:3. His brethren - said — It is generally supposed that these were the children of the sisters of his mother Mary; but some of the ancients have stated that Joseph had several children by a former wife. See the account of the evangelist prefixed to this Gospel. No solid proof can be alleged against this; nor can we pretend to say that these were not the children of Joseph and Mary. Our blessed Lord, it is true, was her first born, while she was yet a virgin; but no man can prove that he was her last. It is an article of faith, in the Popish Church, to believe in the perpetual virginity of Mary; and in this respect, without any reason, several Protestants seem to be Papists. However this may be, it is certain that the Hebrews gave the name of brethren to all the relatives of a particular family. See Genesis 31:32; Genesis 31:46.

That thy disciples also may see — That is, the disciples which he had made two years and six months before, at the Passover: John 2:23.