| John 7 | |
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.jpg) John 16:14-22 on the recto side of Papyrus 5, written about AD 250. | |
| Book | Gospel of John |
| Category | Gospel |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 4 |
John 7 is the seventh chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It recounts Jesus' visit to Jerusalem for the feast of Tabernacles, the possibility of his arrest and debate as to whether he is the Messiah. The author of the book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that John composed this Gospel.[1] Alfred Plummer, in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, describes this chapter as "very important for the estimate of the fourth Gospel. In it the scene of the Messianic crisis shifts from Galilee to Jerusalem; and, as we should naturally expect, the crisis itself becomes hotter. The divisions, the doubts, the hopes, the jealousies, and the casuistry of the Jews are vividly portrayed."[2] John 7:1 to 8:59 is sometimes referred to as the "Tabernacles Discourse".[3] Raymond E. Brown describes the Tabernacles Discourse as "a polemic collection of what Jesus said in replies to attacks by the Jewish authorities on his claims".[4]: 315
- ^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Nashville, Tennessee: Holman Bible Publishers. 2012. ISBN 978-0805495874.
- ^ Plummer, A. (1902), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges. on John 7, accessed 25 April 2016
- ^ Cory, C. (Spring 1997). "Wisdom's Rescue: A New Reading of the Tabernacles Discourse (John 7:1-8:59)". Journal of Biblical Literature. 116 (1): 95–116. doi:10.2307/3266748. JSTOR 3266748.
- ^ Brown, R. E. Gospel according to John I-XII. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.