John 7:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jesus decided to leave Judea and to start going through Galilee because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.

Cross References

Matthew 10:23

When people ill-treat you in one town, hurry to another one. I promise you that before you have gone to all the towns of Israel, the Son of Man will come.

Matthew 21:38

But when they saw the man's son, they said, “Some day he will own the vineyard. Let's kill him! Then we can have it all for ourselves.”

Mark 11:18

The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses heard what Jesus said, and they started looking for a way to kill him. They were afraid of him, because the crowds were completely amazed at his teaching.

John 1:19

The Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and temple helpers to ask John who he was. He told them plainly, “I am not the Messiah.”

John 4:3

Jesus left Judea and started for Galilee again.

John 4:54

This was the second miracle that Jesus performed after he left Judea and went to Galilee.

John 6:1

Jesus crossed Lake Galilee, which was also known as Lake Tiberias.

John 7:11

During the festival the Jewish leaders looked for Jesus and asked, “Where is he?”

John 7:13

But the people were afraid of their leaders, and none of them talked in public about him.

John 7:19

Didn't Moses give you the Law? Yet none of you obey it! So why do you want to kill me?

John 7:25

Some of the people from Jerusalem were saying, “Isn't this the man they want to kill?

John 7:35

The Jewish leaders asked each other, “Where can he go to keep us from finding him? Is he going to some foreign country where our people live? Is he going there to teach the Greeks?

John 8:37

I know that you are from Abraham's family. Yet you want to kill me, because my message isn't really in your hearts.

John 8:40

Instead, you want to kill me for telling you the truth that God gave me. Abraham never did anything like that.

Acts 10:38

God gave the Holy Spirit and power to Jesus from Nazareth. He was with Jesus, as he went around doing good and healing everyone who was under the power of the devil.