John Chapter 7, Verse 8
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8: υμεις αναβητε εις την εορτην ταυτην εγω ουπω αναβαινω εις την εορτην ταυτην οτι ο καιρος ο εμος ουπω πεπληρωται
8: Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for
my time is not yet full come.
8: Go you up to this festival day: but I go not up to this festival
day, because my time is not accomplished.
I go not up yet. Jesus remained until about the middle of the feast, Jn 7:14. That is, he remained about four days after his brethren had departed, or until the mass of the people had gone up, so that his going might excite no attention, and that it might not be said he chose such a time to excite a tumult. We have here a signal instance of Jesus's prudence and opposition to parade. Though it would have been lawful for him to go up at that time, and though it would have been a favourable period to make himself known, yet he chose to forego these advantages rather than to afford an occasion of envy and jealousy to the rulers, or to appear even to excite a tumult among the people.
