7And after these things Jesus was going about in Galilee. For he did not want to go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. ²Now the feast of the Jews—the feast of Tabernacles—was near. ³So his brothers said to him, “Depart from here and go to Judea, so that your disciples also can see your works that you are doing. ⁴For no one does anything in secret and yet he himself desires to be publicly recognized.^a If you are doing these things, reveal yourself to the world!” ⁵(For not even his brothers believed in him.)

Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles

⁶So Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. ⁷The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it, that its deeds are evil. ⁸You go up to the feast. I am not^b going up to this feast, because my time is not yet completed.^c ⁹And when he^* had said these things, he remained in Galilee.

¹⁰But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but (as it were) in secret. ¹¹So the Jews were looking for him at the feast, and were saying, “Where is he?” ¹²And there was a lot of grumbling concerning him among the crowds; some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others were saying, “No, but he deceives the crowd.” ¹³However, no one was speaking openly about him for fear of the Jews.

¹⁴Now when the feast was already half over,^d Jesus went to the temple courts^* and began to teach.^* ¹⁵Then the Jews were astonished, saying, “How does this man possess knowledge,^e because he^* has not been taught?” ¹⁶So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not mine, but is from the one who sent me. ¹⁷If anyone wants to do his will, he will know about my^* teaching, whether it is from God or I am speaking from myself. ¹⁸The one who speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But the one who seeks the glory of the one who sent him—this one is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

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John 7:17: If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

Footnotes

aLiterally “with openness”
bMost manuscripts read “not yet” here, but this is obviously an easier reading intended to reconcile the statement with Jesus’ later actions
cOr “fulfilled”
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal
dLiterally “now it being already in the middle of the feast”
*Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”)
eLiterally “know letters”
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“been taught”) which is understood as causal
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun