John 7:30
They sought therefore to seize Him, but no one laid hand on Him, because his hour was not yet come.
1770 John Worsley 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, for I am from Him, and He hath sent me.
Cross References
Mark 11:18And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how to destroy Him; for they feared Him, because all the people were struck with his doctrine.
Luke 19:47And He was teaching daily in the temple: but the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy Him;
Luke 22:53When I was day after 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 7:8Go ye up to this feast as soon as ye please; for I am not yet going up to it, because my time is not yet fully come.
John 7:32Now the pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning Him: and they, with the chief priests, 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 →