These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
- BSB He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- NKJV These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one laid hands on Him, for His hour had not yet come.
- NASB These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple area; and no one arrested Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- NLT Jesus made these statements while he was teaching in the section of the Temple known as the Treasury. But he was not arrested, because his time had not yet come.
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Jesus spoke these words in the treasury while teaching in the temple, yet no one arrested Him because His hour had not come. Divine timing again shielded Him.
Overview
John notes the public setting of Jesus' bold teaching and reiterates that His enemies could not seize Him before the appointed time. The recurring theme of Jesus' 'hour' emphasizes that His arrest and death would occur according to the Father's plan, not human initiative. This assures readers that even amid mounting hostility, God remained sovereignly in control.
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- John 7:30Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
- Mark 12:41And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
- John 7:8Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.
- Mark 12:43And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
- Matt 27:6And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
- John 7:44And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
- Luke 20:19And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
- Luke 13:31–33The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
- John 8:59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
- John 10:39Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
- John 11:9–10Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
- 1 Chr 9:26For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
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