Discovery BoxJohn 7:1 
Context7:1 After this 1 Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. 2 He 3 stayed out of Judea 4 because the Jewish leaders 5 wanted 6 to kill him.
John 7:19
Context7:19 Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps 7 the law! Why do you want 8 to kill me?”
John 7:25
Context7:25 Then some of the residents of Jerusalem 9 began to say, “Isn’t this the man 10 they are trying 11 to kill?
1 sn Again, the transition is indicated by the imprecise temporal indicator After this. Clearly, though, the author has left out much of the events of Jesus’ ministry, because chap. 6 took place near the Passover (6:4). This would have been the Passover between winter/spring of
2 tn Grk “Jesus was traveling around in Galilee.”
3 tn Grk “For he.” Here γάρ (gar, “for”) has not been translated.
4 tn Grk “he did not want to travel around in Judea.”
5 tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory, the authorities in Jerusalem, or merely those who were hostile to Jesus. (For further information see R. G. Bratcher, “‘The Jews’ in the Gospel of John,” BT 26 [1975]: 401-9.) Here the phrase should be restricted to the Jewish authorities or leaders who were Jesus’ primary opponents.
6 tn Grk “were seeking.”
7 tn Or “accomplishes”; Grk “does.”
8 tn Grk “seek.”
9 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
10 tn Grk “Is it not this one.”
11 tn Grk “seeking.”
