John 8:20

20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

John 8:20 in Other Translations

KJV
20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
ESV
20 These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
NLT
20 Jesus made these statements while he was teaching in the section of the Temple known as the Treasury. But he was not arrested, because his time had not yet come.
MSG
20 He gave this speech in the Treasury while teaching in the Temple. No one arrested him because his time wasn't yet up.
CSB
20 He spoke these words by the treasury, while teaching in the temple complex. But no one seized Him, because His hour had not come.

John 8:20 In-Context

18 I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”
19 Then they asked him, “Where is your father?” “You do not know me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”
20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.
21 Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”
22 This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Matthew 26:55
  • 2. Mark 12:41
  • 3. S Matthew 26:18; John 7:30
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