After his brothers had gone to the festival, Jesus also went; however, he did not go openly, but secretly.
I love the house where you live, O Lord, the place where your glory dwells.
How I love to do your will, my God! I keep your teaching in my heart.”
And so, keeping quiet in such evil times is the smart thing to do!
“Listen! I am sending you out just like sheep to a pack of wolves. You must be as cautious as snakes and as gentle as doves.
Jesus was still talking to the people when his mother and brothers arrived. They stood outside, asking to speak with him.
But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so for now. For in this way we shall do all that God requires.” So John agreed.
When his family heard about it, they set out to take charge of him, because people were saying, “He's gone mad!”
So Jesus did not travel openly in Judea, but left and went to a place near the desert, to a town named Ephraim, where he stayed with the disciples.
so Jesus' brothers said to him, “Leave this place and go to Judea, so that your followers will see the things that you are doing.
Not even his brothers believed in him.)
He said this and then stayed on in Galilee.
But when the right time finally came, God sent his own Son. He came as the son of a human mother and lived under the Jewish Law,