John 7:30

John 7:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
• New International Version (NIV)At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

Context of John 7:30

28Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him, 29but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me.” So then they tried to seize Jesus, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come. 31Yet many of the crowd believed in him and said, “Whenever the Christ comes, he won’t perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?” 32The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

John 7:30 word by word

ἐζήτουν οὖν αὐτὸν πιάσαι, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐπέβαλεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν τὴν χεῖρα, ὅτι οὔπω ἐληλύθει ἡ ὥρα αὐτοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• they soughtζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• to takeπιάζωpiazō · to arrest/catchG4084
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• butκαίkai · andG2532
• no manοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• laidἐπιβάλλωepiballō · to put on/seizeG1911
• handsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• handsχείρcheir · handG5495
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
• wasἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• not yetοὔπωoupō · not yetG3768

Cross-references for John 7:30

• John 7:19Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”
• John 8:37I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.
• John 10:31The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death.
• John 11:57(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)
• Mark 11:18The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.
• Luke 19:47Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,
• Luke 20:19Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.
• John 7:6So Jesus replied, “My time has not yet arrived, but you are ready at any opportunity!
• John 8:20(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)
• John 9:4We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.
• John 11:9Jesus replied, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
• Psalms 76:10Certainly your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; you reveal your anger in full measure.
• Isaiah 46:10who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, ‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’
• Luke 13:32But he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work.
• Luke 22:53Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!”

Commentaries on John 7:30

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-30Verses 25-30 Christ proclaimed aloud, that they were in error in their thoughts about his origin. He was sent of God, who showed himself true to his promises. This declaration, that they knew not God, with his claim to peculiar knowledge, provoked the hearers; and they sought to take him, but God can tie men's hands, though he does not turn their hearts.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30His hour had not yet come: Those who opposed Jesus could not arrest him. This was because, according to God's plan, the time for Jesus to be glorified on the cross had not yet come (see study note on 12:23; see also 10:17–18; 18:6–8). All four arrest scenes in 7:1–8:59 emphasize that Jesus was in control, not the Jewish leaders.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 30-3230-32. sought to take ... none laid hands--their impotence being equal to their malignity.Read the comment

Topics related to John 7:30

• Jesus, the Christ
• Persecution

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Commentaries on John 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings