John 7:30
So they were trying to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
Text-Critical English NT
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
29but I know him, because I have come from him, and he is the one who sent me.”
Cross References
Mark 11:18When the scribes and the chief priests heard this, they began looking for a way to destroy him, for they were afraid of him, because the entire crowd was astonished at his teaching.
Luke 19:47Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him, and so were the prominent leaders among the people.
Luke 22:53I was with you daily in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour, when the power of darkness reigns.”
John 7:8You go up to this feast; I am not yet going up to this feast, for my time has not yet been fulfilled.”
John 7:32The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to arrest 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 →