Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
Parallel translations
- WEB But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
- BSB About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
- 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 cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
- Luke 19:47And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
- John 8:2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
- Hag 2:7–9And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
- John 18:20Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
- Mal 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
- John 7:37In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
- John 7:2Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
- Num 29:12–13And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:
- John 5:14Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
- Matt 26:55In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
- Num 29:17And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
- Matt 21:12And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
- Num 29:23–40And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
- Num 29:20And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;
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