John 7:30
They sought therefore to take him; and no one laid his hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.
Darby Translation
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* has sent me.
Cross References
Isaiah 46:10declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
Mark 11:18And the chief priests and the scribes heard [it], and they sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him, because all the crowd were astonished at his doctrine.
Luke 19:47And he was teaching day by day in the temple: and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
Luke 22:53When I was day by day with you in the temple ye did not stretch out your hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of darkness.
John 7:8Ye, go ye up to this feast. I go not up to this feast, for *my* time is not yet fulfilled.
John 7:32The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers 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 →