John 7:13 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) However, no one said anything about Him openly for fear of the Jews. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But no one dared speak out boldly about Him for fear of [the leaders of] the Jews. American Standard Version (1901) Yet no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. Common English Bible No one spoke about him publicly, though, for fear of the Jewish authorities. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet no one was speaking openly about him, out of fear of the Jews. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yet no man spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews. |
After this happened, one of Jesus’ disciples, named Joseph from Arimathaea, asked Pilate (but secretly, for fear of the Jews) if he could remove Jesus’ body [from the cross]. Pilate granted him permission, so he went and removed the body from the cross.
So, when it was evening on that day, [which was] the first day of the week [i.e., Sunday] and the doors [of someone’s house], where the disciples were gathered, were closed [i.e., probably locked] for fear of the Jewish authorities, Jesus came and stood among them. [Note: Probably Jesus passed through the closed door miraculously]. He said to them, “May there be peace in your hearts.”
This man went to Jesus one night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we [i.e., speaking of himself and other Jewish leaders] know that you are a Teacher sent from God, for no one could perform these [miraculous] signs that you are doing unless God were with Him.”
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.
So, the Jews [i.e., their authorities] began searching for Him at the Festival, and were saying, “Where is he?”
Now the Jewish authorities were amazed, saying, “How can this man know so much, since he has never been educated?”
His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities who had already decided that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be expelled from the synagogue.
They replied to the beggar, “You were born entirely in sins [i.e., you have been a sinner all your life], and you are [trying] to teach us?” Then they threw him out [of the synagogue. See verse 22].
I know where you are living; [it is] where Satan’s throne is. And [I know] that you are holding on firmly to my name, and did not deny [your] faith in me, even in the days of my faithful witness Antipas [Note: The Greek word here for witness is “martyr”], who was killed there where you are, where Satan lives.