John 7:12-14

Expanded Bible

¹² Within the large crowd there, many people were ·whispering [arguing; murmuring; grumbling] to each other about Jesus. Some said, “He is a good man.”

Others said, “No, he ·fools [deceives; misleads] the people.” ¹³ But no one was brave enough to talk about Jesus openly, because they were afraid of the ·elders [the Jewish leaders; ^Lthe Jews].

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

¹⁴ When the feast was about half over, Jesus went to the Temple [courts; 2:14] and began to teach.