John 7:30
They sought therefore to apprehend him: and no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 hath sent me.
Cross References
Isaiah 46:10Who shew from the beginning the things that shall be at last, and from ancient times the things that as yet are not done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and all my will shall be done:
Mark 11:18Which when the chief priests and the scribes had heard, they sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because the whole multitude was in admiration at his doctrine.
Luke 19:47And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him:
Luke 22:53When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not stretch forth your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
John 7:8Go you up to this festival day, but I go not up to this festival day: because my time is not accomplished.
John 7:32The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning him: and the rulers and Pharisees sent ministers to apprehend 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 →