Joh 7:1-5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for John 7:1-52: 7:1-52 This chapter is another account of Jesus during a Jewish festival, the Festival of Shelters. Jesus used elements of the festival to reveal his true identity to his Jewish compatriots and to show that he had fulfilled the festival’s essential meaning (see 7:37-39 ; 8:12 ).

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‏ John 7:1-5

Summary for John 7:1-52: 7:1-52 ^a This chapter is another account of Jesus during a Jewish festival, the Festival of Shelters. Jesus used elements of the festival to reveal his true identity to his Jewish compatriots and to show that he had fulfilled the festival’s essential meaning (see 7:37-39 ^b; 8:12 ^c).
7:2 ^d Jewish men were required to come to the Temple for the Festival of Shelters (Exod 23:14-17 ^e; Deut 16:16 ^f), an annual seven-day autumn harvest festival in Jerusalem six months after Passover (John 6:4 ^g). People lived in temporary shelters for the seven days as a reminder of the tents Israel used for forty years in the wilderness.
Summary for John 7:3-5: 7:3-5 ^h Jesus’ brothers (see also Mark 3:31 ⁱ) reminded him of his religious obligation to celebrate the festival. Their words were cynical because at this time they didn’t believe in him (John 7:5 ^j).