To judge by the whole tone of Jesus» sayings in the Synoptic Gospels, this «Johannine» saying is much more likely to be an expression of the later theology of the church than of the teaching of Jesus. (religion-online.org)
According to Segal, «The whole tone of the Song» with «its delight in love and in good living and in pleasant things» best suits «the reign of Solomon... when «Judah and Israel were many... eating and drinking and making merry» (1 Kings IV 20). (religion-online.org)
Robert Law says: «There is no NT writing which is more vigorously polemical in its whole tone and aim. (religion-online.org)