John 7:1–13

Jesus and His Brothers

7After this, Jesus travelled in Galilee; he did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jewish authorities there were wanting to kill him. ^2*The time for the Festival of Shelters was near, ³so Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave this place and go to Judea, so that your followers will see the things that you are doing. ⁴No one hides what he is doing if he wants to be well known. Since you are doing these things, let the whole world know about you!” ⁵(Not even his brothers believed in him.) ⁶Jesus said to them, “The right time for me has not yet come. Any time is right for you. ⁷The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I keep telling it that its ways are bad. ⁸You go on to the festival. I am not going^p to this festival, because the right time has not come for me.” ⁹He said this, and then stayed on in Galilee.

Jesus at the Festival of Shelters

¹⁰After his brothers had gone to the festival, Jesus also went; however, he did not go openly, but secretly. ¹¹The Jewish authorities were looking for him at the festival. “Where is he?” they asked.

¹²There was much whispering about him in the crowd. “He is a good man,” some people said. “No,” others said, “he is misleading the people.” ¹³But no one talked about him openly, because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities.