John 7:1-13

Jesus at the Feast of Booths

1 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because ¹the Jews^[a] were seeking to kill him.

2 Now ²the Jews’ Feast of ³Booths was at hand.

3 ⁴So his brothers^[b] said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing.

4 For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, ⁵show yourself to the world. ”

5 ⁶For not even ⁷his brothers believed in him.

6 Jesus said to them, ⁸“My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.

7 The world cannot hate you, but ⁹it hates me because I testify about it that ¹⁰its works are evil.

8 You go up to the feast. I am not^[c] going up to this feast, for ¹¹my time has not yet fully come. ”

9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

10 But after ¹²his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.

11 ¹³The Jews ¹⁴were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he? ”

12 And there was much ¹⁵muttering about him among the people. ¹⁶While some said, “He is a good man, ” others said, “No, ¹⁷he is leading the people astray. ”

13 Yet ¹⁸for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

Cross References

• 1. 7:1 ch. 5:18; 8:37, 40; 11:53
• 2. 7:2 ch. 5:1; 6:4
• 3. 7:2 See Lev. 23:34
• 4. 7:3 ver. 5, 10; See Matt. 12:46
• 5. 7:4 [ch. 14:22; 18:20]
• 6. 7:5 [Matt. 13:57; Mark 3:21]
• 7. 7:5 ver. 3, 10
• 8. 7:6 [ver. 8, 30]; See ch. 2:4
• 9. 7:7 ch. 15:18, 24
• 10. 7:7 ch. 3:19; [Col. 1:21; 1 John 3:12]
• 11. 7:8 See ch. 2:4
• 12. 7:10 ver. 3, 5
• 13. 7:11 ver. 1
• 14. 7:11 ch. 11:56
• 15. 7:12 ver. 32
• 16. 7:12 [ver. 40-43]
• 17. 7:12 ver. 47
• 18. 7:13 ch. 19:38; 20:19; [ch. 9:22; 12:42]

Footnotes

• [a] 7:1 Or 'Judeans'; Greek 'Ioudaioi' probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time
• [b] 7:3 Or 'brothers and sisters'; also verses 5, 10
• [c] 7:8 Some manuscripts add 'yet'