After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

People's New Testament

7:1 Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles

SUMMARY OF JOHN 7:

The Unbelief of the Brethren of Jesus. He Goes to the Feast of Tabernacles. He Teaches in the Temple. The Discussions Among the People. The Pharisees Send Officers to Take Him. The Last Day of the Feast. The Report to the Officers.

After these things. The events narrated in the last chapter. About six months of the ministry in Galilee intervened between the feeding of the Five Thousand and the Feast of Tabernacles. During this interval the Lord kept away from Judea on account of the enmity of the authorities there.

Wesley's Notes

7:1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee - That is, continued there, for some months after the second passover. For he would not walk - Continue in Judea; because the Jews - Those of them who did not believe; and in particular the chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees, sought an opportunity to kill him.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 7

Joh 7:1-53. Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles.

1, 2. After these things-that is, all that is recorded after Joh 5:18.

walked in Galilee-continuing His labors there, instead of going to Judea, as might have been expected.

sought to kill him-referring back to Joh 5:18. Hence it appears that our Lord did not attend the Passover mentioned in Joh 6:4-being the third since His ministry began, if the feast mentioned in Joh 5:1 was a Passover.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

7:1-13 The brethren or kinsmen of Jesus were disgusted, when they found there was no prospect of worldly advantages from him. Ungodly men sometimes undertake to counsel those employed in the work of God; but they only advise what appears likely to promote present advantages. The people differed about his doctrine and miracles, while those who favoured him, dared not openly to avow their sentiments. Those who count the preachers of the gospel to be deceivers, speak out, while many who favour them, fear to get reproach by avowing regard for them.