John 7:14
12 Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
13 Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
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?”
16 “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
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
- About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
- KJV
- Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
- WEB
- But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
- ASV
- But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
- DARBY
- But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
- BLB
- And it being now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and was teaching.
- ÅB
- Men da det allerede var midt i høytiden, gikk Jesus opp i templet og lærte.
- OTB
- Men da det nå var midt under festen, gikk Jesus opp til tempelgårdene og begynte å undervise.
- B1930
- Men da det allerede var midt i høitiden, gikk Jesus op i templet og lærte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 7:28
Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
Read in contextLuke 19:47
Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
Read in contextHaggai 2:7–9
I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
Read in contextJohn 8:2
Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.
Read in contextJohn 18:20
“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
Read in contextJohn 5:14
Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
Read in contextNumbers 29:17
On the second day you are to present twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
Read in contextNumbers 29:12–13
On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.
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