John 8:20

¹⁸ I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”

¹⁹ “Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”

He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.

²¹ Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

²² So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

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.

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BSB: He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
KJV: These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
WEB: Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
ASV: These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yet come.
DARBY: These words spoke he in the treasury, teaching in the temple; and no one took him, for his hour was not yet come.
BLB: He spoke these words in the treasury, teaching in the temple; and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.

ÅB: Disse ord talte han ved tempelkisten, mens han lærte i templet, og ingen grep ham; for hans time var enda ikke kommet.
OTB: Han talte disse ordene mens Han underviste i tempelgårdene nær stedet hvor offergavene ble lagt. Likevel grep ingen Ham, fordi Hans tid ennå ikke var kommet.
B1930: Disse ord talte han ved tempelkisten, mens han lærte i templet, og ingen grep ham; for hans time var ennu ikke kommet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

John 7:30
So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
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John 7:8
Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
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Mark 12:41
As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
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Mark 12:43
Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.
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John 7:44
Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
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Matthew 27:6
The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
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John 8:59
At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
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1 Chronicles 9:26
But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
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