Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.
Parallel translations
- KJV And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
- BSB Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.
- ESV Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.
- NKJV Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them.
- NASB And early in the morning He came again into the temple area, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began teaching them.
- NLT but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 26:55In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.
- Luke 4:20He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
- Luke 21:37Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
- Matt 5:1–2Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
- Luke 5:3He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.
- Jer 44:4However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do this abominable thing that I hate.”
- John 8:20Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
- John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- Jer 25:3From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years, Yahweh’s word has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened.
- Eccl 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
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