John 7:1-10

1 After this, Jesus traveled in Galilee; he did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jewish authorities there were wanting to kill him.

2 The time for the Festival of Shelters was near, ¹

3 so Jesus' brothers said to him, "Leave this place and go to Judea, so that your followers will see the things that you are doing.

4 People don't hide what they are doing if they want to be well known. Since you are doing these things, let the whole world know about you!

5 (Not even his brothers believed in him.)

6 Jesus said to them, "The right time for me has not yet come. Any time is right for you.

7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I keep telling it that its ways are bad.

8 You go on to the festival. I am not going to this festival, because the right time has not come for me."

9 He said this and then stayed on in Galilee.

10 After his brothers had gone to the festival, Jesus also went; however, he did not go openly, but secretly.

Cross References

• 1. 7.2Leviticus 23.34;Deuteronomy 16.13.

Footnotes

• [a]. I am not going; [some manuscripts have] I am not yet going.