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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.
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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.
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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
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I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”
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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.”
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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.
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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.”
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This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”