Bible Strands
John 7:1
After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Jesus’ movements following his earlier temple activity, placing him in Galilee as opposition in Judea intensifies ahead of the Feast of Tabernacles.
The words — μετὰ (meta) means “after,” and περιεπὲτεει (periepatei) denotes “was walking about” or traveling continuously through a region.
The thread — This geographic shift mirrors John 4:3, where Jesus departs Judea for Galilee, and follows the persecution that began in John 5:16 for Sabbath works.
Why it lands — The passage requires readers to recognize that Jesus’ ministry proceeds through deliberate strategic movement rather than reckless exposure, grounded in the documented intent of his opponents.
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The Greek words
King James Version
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
Cross-references
- John 5:16 Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
- Matthew 21:38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
- John 4:3 He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
- Matthew 10:23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
- John 7:19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
- Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
- Luke 13:31 At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
- John 1:19 And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
- John 10:39 At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
- John 4:54 This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.