And this is the testimony John [the Immerser] gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” [Note: Levites were men who assisted the priests in the Temple service].
John 7:11 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) So, the Jews [i.e., their authorities] began searching for Him at the Festival, and were saying, “Where is he?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore the Jews kept looking for Him at the Feast and asking, Where can He be? [Where is that Fellow?] American Standard Version (1901) The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? Common English Bible The Jewish leaders were looking for Jesus at the festival. They kept asking, “Where is he?” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, the Jews were seeking him on the feast day, and they were saying, "Where is he?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Jews therefore sought him on the festival day, and said: Where is he? |
And this is the testimony John [the Immerser] gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” [Note: Levites were men who assisted the priests in the Temple service].
So, they began looking for Jesus and saying among themselves, as they gathered in the Temple, “What do you think? He will not attend the Festival, will he?”
Then after these things happened, Jesus traveled in Galilee [only], for He did not want to move around in Judea because the Jews [there] were trying to kill Him.
Now the Jewish authorities were amazed, saying, “How can this man know so much, since he has never been educated?”
Then the people said to the man, “Where is he?” “I do not know,” he replied.