John 7:13
11 So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
12 Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
14 About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
15 The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
- KJV
- Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
- WEB
- Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
- ASV
- Yet no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
- DARBY
- However, no one spoke openly concerning him on account of [their] fear of the Jews.
- BLB
- No one, however, was speaking publicly about Him, because of the fear of the Jews.
- ÅB
- Dog talte ingen fritt ut om ham, av frykt for jødene.
- OTB
- Likevel snakket ingen åpent om ham av frykt for de jødiske lederne.
- B1930
- Dog talte ingen fritt ut om ham, av frykt for jødene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 9:22
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
Read in contextJohn 19:38
Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.
Read in contextJohn 20:19
It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.
Read in contextJohn 12:42–43
Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
Read in contextProverbs 29:25
The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
Read in contextRevelation 2:13
I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
Read in contextGalatians 2:12–13
For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.
Read in contextJohn 3:2
He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
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