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Jesus Teaches at the Feast

John 7:1

In 9 translations

BSB
After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
KJV
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
WEB
After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
ASV
And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judæa, because the Jews sought to kill him.
LSV
And Jesus was walking after these things in Galilee, for He did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill Him,
YLT
And Jesus was walking after these things in Galilee, for he did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him,
DBY
And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
DRC
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
GNV
After these things, Iesus walked in Galile, and woulde not walke in Iudea: for the Iewes sought to kill him.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place περιεπάτει elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ὁ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place Ἰησοῦς elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: μετὰ ταῦτα περιεπάτει ὁ Ἰησοῦς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read μετὰ ταῦτα περιεπάτει ὁ Ἰησοῦς; Robinson–Pierpont read περιεπάτει ὁ Ἰησοῦς μετὰ ταῦτα.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα περιεπάτει ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ, οὐ γὰρ ἤθελεν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ περιπατεῖν, ὅτι ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀποκτεῖναι.
RP2018
Καὶ περιεπάτει ὁ Ἰησοῦς μετὰ ταῦτα ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ· οὐ γὰρ ἤθελεν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ περιπατεῖν, ὅτι ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀποκτεῖναι.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ περιεπάτει ὁ Ἰησοῦς μετὰ ταῦτα ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ· οὐ γὰρ ἤθελεν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ περιπατεῖν, ὅτι ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀποκτεῖναι.
SCR1894
και περιεπατει ο ιησους μετα ταυτα εν τη γαλιλαια ου γαρ ηθελεν εν τη ιουδαια περιπατειν οτι εζητουν αυτον οι ιουδαιοι αποκτειναι

Who and where

👤 Jesus Christ📍 Galilee◆ Feast of Tabernacles

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 5:16–18Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him. But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.” Because of this, the Jews tried all…
  • John 4:3He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
  • Matthew 21:38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
  • John 7:19Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
  • Matthew 10:23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
  • Acts 10:38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
  • Luke 13:31–33At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.” But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing…
  • John 1:19And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
  • John 10:39–40At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp. Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.
  • John 8:40But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
  • John 8:37I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
  • John 11:53–54So from that day on they plotted to kill Him. As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the…
  • John 4:54This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.
  • John 7:25Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

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