About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
Parallel translations
- WEB But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
- KJV Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
- NKJV Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
- NASB But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple area, and began to teach.
- NLT Then, midway through the festival, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach.
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Quick answer
Midway through the feast, Jesus entered the temple and began to teach. He steps publicly into the center of religious life to proclaim His message.
Overview
After arriving quietly, Jesus now teaches openly in the temple courts, the heart of Jewish worship. His public teaching at the feast displays His courage and His authority as the one greater than the temple. This sets up the marveling and questioning that follow, as the crowds confront the source and nature of His teaching.
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- John 7:28Then 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,
- Luke 19:47Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
- John 8:2Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.
- Hag 2:7–9I 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.
- John 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.
- Mal 3:1“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- John 7:2However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
- Num 29:12–13On 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.
- John 5:14Afterward, 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.”
- Matt 26:55At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
- Num 29:17On the second day you are to present twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
- Matt 21:12Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
- Num 29:23–40On the fourth day you are to present ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
- Num 29:20On the third day you are to present eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
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