John 8:20

New International Reader's Version

He spoke these words while he was teaching in the temple courtyard. He was near the place where the offerings were put. But no one arrested him. That’s because the time for him to die had not yet come.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 9:26

But the four main men who guarded the gates were Levites. They were trusted with the duty of taking care of the storerooms and the other rooms in the house of God.

Matthew 26:55

At that time Jesus spoke to the crowd. “Am I leading a band of armed men against you?” he asked. “Do you have to come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courtyard teaching. And you didn’t arrest me.

Matthew 27:6

The chief priests picked up the coins. They said, “It’s against the law to put this money into the temple fund. It is blood money. It has paid for a man’s death.”

Mark 12:41

Jesus sat down across from the place where people put their temple offerings. He watched the crowd putting their money into the offering boxes. Many rich people threw large amounts into them.

Mark 12:43

Jesus asked his disciples to come to him. He said, “What I’m about to tell you is true. That poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.

Luke 20:19

The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest Jesus at once. They knew he had told that story against them. But they were afraid of the people.

Luke 21:1

As Jesus looked up, he saw rich people putting their gifts into the temple offering boxes.

John 10:39

Again they tried to arrest him. But he escaped from them.

John 2:4

“Dear woman, why are you telling me about this?” Jesus replied. “The time for me to show who I really am isn’t here yet.”

John 7:14

Jesus did nothing until halfway through the feast. Then he went up to the temple courtyard and began to teach.

John 7:30

When he said this, they tried to arrest him. But no one laid a hand on him. The time for him to show who he really was had not yet come.

John 7:44

Some wanted to arrest him. But no one laid a hand on him.

John 7:8

You go to the feast. I am not going up to this feast. This is because my time has not yet fully come.”

John 8:2

At sunrise he arrived again in the temple courtyard. All the people gathered around him there. He sat down to teach them.

John 8:59

When he said this, they picked up stones to kill him. But Jesus hid himself. He slipped away from the temple area.