John 7:1-10

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

1 After these things Jesus ¹was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling * to walk in Judea because ²the Jews ³were seeking to kill Him.

2 Now the feast of the Jews, ⁴the Feast of Booths, was near.

3 Therefore His ⁵brothers said to Him, "Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your ⁶disciples also may see Your works which You are doing.

4 "For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world."

5 For not even His ⁷brothers were believing in Him.

6 So Jesus said to them, "⁸My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune.

7 "⁹The world cannot * hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that ¹⁰its deeds are evil.

8 "Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because ¹¹My time has not yet fully come."

9 Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.

10 But when His ¹²brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret.

Cross References

• 1. John 4:3; John 6:1; John 11:54
• 2. John 1:19; John 7:11, 13, 15, 35
• 3. John 5:18; John 7:19; John 8:37, 40; John 11:53
• 4. Leviticus 23:34; Deuteronomy 16:13, 16; Zechariah 14:16-19
• 5. Matthew 12:46; Mark 3:21; John 7:5, 10
• 6. John 6:60
• 7. Matthew 12:46; Mark 3:21; John 7:3, 10
• 8. Matthew 26:18; John 2:4; John 7:8, 30
• 9. John 15:18
• 10. John 3:19
• 11. John 7:6
• 12. Matthew 12:46; Mark 3:21; John 7:3, 5

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "and"