John 7:30
They sought therefore to seize him, and yet no man laid a hand on him because his hour had not yet come.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
In Context
29I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.
Cross References
Isaiah 46:10declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure,
Mark 11:18And the scholars and the chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him, for they feared him, because all the people were awed at his doctrine.
Luke 19:47And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, and the scholars sought to destroy him, even the foremost men of the people.
Luke 22:53When I was with you daily in the temple, ye did not stretch forth hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
John 7:8Go ye up to this feast. I am not yet going to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.
John 7:32The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent subordinates so that they might take him.
Matthew Henry on John 7:15-37
Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. 14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and… Read the whole commentary →