John 7 · Verse 8

John 7:8

Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
John 7:8, King James Version

John 7:8 in other translations

BSBGo up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
WEBYou go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”
ASVGo ye up unto the feast: I go not up unto this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.
YLTYe--go ye up to this feast; I do not yet go up to this feast, because my time hath not yet been fulfilled;'
DARBYYe, go ye up to this feast. I go not up to this feast, for my time is not yet fulfilled.
BBEGo you up to the feast: I am not going up now to the feast because my time has not fully come.
WebsterGo ye up to this feast: I go not yet to this feast, for my time is not yet full come.

What does John 7:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 7:6-10

6-10. My time is not yet come--that is, for showing Himself to the world. your time is always ready--that is "It matters little when we go up, for ye have no great plans in life, and nothing hangs upon your movements. With Me it is otherwise; on every movement of Mine there hangs what ye know not. The world has no quarrel with you, for ye bear no testimony against it, and so draw down upon yourselves none of its…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 8. 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 our Lord'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.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 I go not up yet unto this feast - Porphyry accuses our blessed Lord of falsehood, because he said here, I will not go to this feast, and yet afterwards he went; and some interpreters have made more ado than was necessary, in order to reconcile this seeming contradiction. To me the whole seems very simple and plain. Our Lord did not say, I will not go to this feast; but merely, I go not yet, ουπω, or am not going, i.e. at present; because, as he said Joh 7:6, and repeats here, his time was not yet come - he had other business to transact before he could go. And it is very likely that his business detained him in Galilee till the feast was half over: for we do not find him at Jerusalem till the middle of the feast, Joh 7:14, i.e. till the feast had been begun four days. He might also be unwilling to go at that time, there being such a great concourse of people on the road to Jerusalem, and his enemies might say that he had availed himself of this time and multitude in order to excite sedition.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 7:1-13

The brethren or kinsmen of Jesus were disgusted, when they found there was no prospect of worldly advantages from him. Ungodly men sometimes undertake to counsel those employed in the work of God; but they only advise what appears likely to promote present advantages. The people differed about his doctrine and miracles, while those who favoured him, dared not openly to avow their sentiments. Those who count the…

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John 7:8 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὑμεῖςhumeisYou yourselvesG4771
ἀνάβητεanabētedo go upG305
εἰςeistoG1519
τὴνtēn<the>G3588
ἑορτήνhe'ortēnfeastG1859
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473
οὐκouknotG3756
ἀναβαίνωanabainōam going upG305
εἰςeistoG1519
τὴνtēn<the>G3588
ἑορτὴνhe'ortēnfeastG1859
ταύτην,tautēnthis,G3778
ὅτιhotiforG3754
ὁho<the>G3588
ἐμὸςemosMyG1473
καιρὸςkairostimeG2540
οὔπωoupōnot yetG3768
πεπλήρωται.peplērōtaihas been fulfilled.G4137

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 7:8

  • John 7:6

    Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.

  • John 8:20

    These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

  • 1 Corinthians 2:15-16

    But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

  • John 7:30

    Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I go not.
6,30; 8:20,30; 11:6,7; 1Co 2:15,16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • John 7:7

    The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

  • John 7:8

    Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.

  • John 7:9

    When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.

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John 7:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Vosotros subid á esta fiesta; yo no subo aún á esta fiesta, porque mi tiempo aun no es cumplido.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Vous, montez à cette fête; moi, je ne monte pas à cette fête, car mon temps n’est pas encore accompli.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gehet ihr hinauf zu diesem Feste; ich gehe nicht hinauf zu diesem Feste; denn meine Zeit ist noch nicht erfüllt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vos ascendite ad diem festum hunc, ego autem non ascendo ad diem festum istum: quia meum tempus nondum impletum est.