John 7:3-10

Jesus at the Feast of Booths

3 s So his brothers 1 said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. 4 For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, t show yourself to the world." 5 u For not even v his brothers believed in him. 6 Jesus said to them, w "My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. 7 The world cannot hate you, but x it hates me because I testify about it that y its works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not 2 going up to this feast, for z my time has not yet fully come." 9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

10 But after a his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.

  1. Cross References
    John 7:5
    For not even his brothers believed in him.
    John 7:10
    But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.
    Matthew 12:46
    While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
  2. Cross References
    John 14:22
    Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?
    John 18:20
    Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 13:57
    And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.
    Mark 3:21
    And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, "He is out of his mind.
  4. Cross References
    John 7:3
    So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing.
    John 7:10
    But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.
  5. Cross References
    John 7:8
    You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.
    John 7:30
    So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
    John 2:4
    And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.
  6. Cross References
    John 15:18
    If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
    John 15:24
    If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
  7. Cross References
    John 3:19
    And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
    Colossians 1:21
    And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds.
    1 John 3:12
    We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
  8. Cross References
    John 2:4
    And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.
  9. Cross References
    John 7:3
    So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing.
    John 7:5
    For not even his brothers believed in him.
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