John 7:8

You can go to the ceremony, but I’m not going now. It’s not yet the right time for me to go to Jerusalem.”

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.

In Context

7The people of this world don’t hate you. But they hate me. I keep on telling them that the things they do are really bad. That is the reason why they hate me.

9After Jesus said that, he stayed behind in Galilee.

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Cross References

John 7:6Jesus said, “It’s not yet the right time for me to go to Jerusalem. But you can go any time.

John 8:20Jesus said all this while he was teaching in God’s ceremony house, near the money box. The people used to put money into that box to give it to God. The Pharisee mob wanted to grab him and kill him, but it was not the right time yet for him to die, so God stopped them, and nobody touched him.

John 11:6but after he got the message he stayed in the town where he was for another 2 days.

Matthew Henry on John 7:2-14

Christ's Discourse with His Brethren; The Rumours Respecting Christ. 1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. 2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. 3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. 4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, show thyself to the world. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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