John 7:2-13

2The Jewish Festival of Shelters was near.

3So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples can see your works that you are doing.

4For no one does anything in secret while he’s seeking public recognition. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.”

5(For not even his brothers believed in him.)

6Jesus told them, “My time has not yet arrived, but your time is always at hand.

7The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me because I testify about it — that its works are evil.

8Go up to the festival yourselves. I’m not going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come.”

9After he had said these things, he stayed in Galilee.

10After his brothers had gone up to the festival, then he also went up, not openly but secretly.

11The Jews were looking for him at the festival and saying, “Where is he?”

12And there was a lot of murmuring about him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, he’s deceiving the people.”

13Still, nobody was talking publicly about him for fear of the Jews.