John 7:3-10

3 Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do.
4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”
5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him.
6 Therefore Jesus told them, “My time is not yet here; for you any time will do.
7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
8 You go to the festival. I am not[a] going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come.”
9 After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.
10 However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.

Cross References 6

  • 1. S Matthew 12:46
  • 2. Psalms 69:8; Mark 3:21
  • 3. S Matthew 26:18
  • 4. John 15:18,19
  • 5. John 3:19,20
  • 6. ver 6; S Matthew 26:18

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Some manuscripts "not yet"
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