John 7:10

10 However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.

John 7:10 in Other Translations

10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

10 But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.

10 But after his brothers left for the festival, Jesus also went, though secretly, staying out of public view.

10 But later, after his family had gone up to the Feast, he also went. But he kept out of the way, careful not to draw attention to himself.

10 After His brothers had gone up to the festival, then He also went up, not openly but secretly.

John 7:10 Meaning and Commentary

John 7:10

But when his brethren were gone up
To the feast, as all the Oriental versions read, from the next clause:

then went he also up unto the feast;
the Ethiopic version reads, "he went up that day"; which is very likely, and no ways contrary to what is said, in ( John 7:14 ) ; for though he did not go up to the temple to teach, till the middle of the feast, he might be up at the feast sooner: and according to the law, it was necessary that he should be there on the first and second days, and keep the Chagigah, and make his appearance in the court; though there was a provision made for such that failed, the canon runs thus ^F13;

``he that does not make his festival sacrifice, on the first good day of the feast, may make it throughout the whole feast, and on the last good day of the feast; and if the feast passes, and he has not made the festival sacrifice, he is not obliged to a compensation; and of this it is said, ( Ecclesiastes 1:15 ) : "That which is crooked cannot be made straight"; &c.''

But however, whatever day he went on, he went up

not openly, but as it were in secret:
as he was made under the law, and came to fulfil all righteousness, it was necessary that he should observe every precept, and fulfil the whole law: and therefore he went up to this feast; yet in the most private manner, that he might escape those who would lie in wait for him, and sought to kill him: and this he did, not through fear of death, but because his hour was not yet come; this was not the feast he was to suffer at, but the passover following; which when near at hand, he went up to it, and entered Jerusalem in the most public manner.

---

FOOTNOTES:

F13 Misn. Chagiga, c. 1. sect. 6. Maimon. Hilch. Chagiga, c. 2. sect. 4, 5, 6, 7.

John 7:10 In-Context

8 You go to the festival. I am not 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.

11 Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus and asking, “Where is he?”

12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”