John 7:8-14

⁸You go on to the festival. I'm not going to this festival because this is not the right time for me, not yet.”

⁹After saying this he stayed behind in Galilee.

¹⁰After his brothers left to go to the festival, Jesus also went, but not openly—he stayed out of sight.

¹¹Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were searching for him and kept on asking, “Where is he?”

¹²Many people in the crowds were complaining about him. Some said, “He's a good man,” while others argued, “No! He deceives people.”

¹³But no one dared to speak openly about him because they were afraid of what the Jewish leaders would do to them.

¹⁴When the festival was halfway through Jesus went to the Temple and began to teach.