John 7:30
Therefore they sought to seize him; and no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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
Mark 11:18And the chief priests and the scribes heard it. And they sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
Luke 19:47And he was teaching daily in the temple; and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people were seeking to destroy him,
Luke 22:53When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
John 7:8Go ye up to the feast. I go not up to this feast; because my time is not yet fully come.
John 7:32The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize 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 →