12 And much murmuring was there of him among the people. Some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay: but he deceiveth the people.

13 Howbeit no man spake [a]openly of him for fear of the Jews.

14 [b]Now when [c]half the feast was done, Jesus went up into the Temple, and taught.

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:13 Or, boldly and freely: for the chief of the Jews sought nothing so much, as to bury his fame and name.
  2. John 7:14 Christ striveth with goodness against the wickedness of the world: in the mean season the most part of men take occasion of offense even by that fame, whereby they ought to have been stirred up to embrace Christ.
  3. John 7:14 About the fourth day of the feast.

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