7:1

After this, Jesus went around in Galilee, purposely staying away from Judea because the Jews there were waiting to take his life.

7:2

But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near,

7:3

Jesus' brothers said to him, "You ought to leave here and go to Judea , so that your disciples may see the miracles you do.

7:4

No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."

7:5

For even his own brothers did not believe in him.

7:6

Therefore Jesus told them, "The right time for me has not yet come; for you any time is right.

7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil.

7:8

You go to the Feast. I am not yet^[a] going up to this Feast, because for me the right time has not yet come."

7:9

Having said this, he stayed in Galilee .

7:10

However, after his brothers had left for the Feast, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.