John 18:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Jesus replied,“I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret.

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  • John 7:26 : 26 Yet here he is, speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to him. Do the ruling authorities really know that this man is the Christ?
  • Isa 48:16 : 16 Approach me! Listen to this! From the very first I have not spoken in secret; when it happens, I am there.” So now, the Sovereign LORD has sent me, accompanied by his Spirit.
  • Matt 4:23 : 23 Jesus’ Healing Ministry Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.
  • Matt 26:55 : 55 At that moment Jesus said to the crowd,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.
  • John 7:4 : 4 For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”
  • Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob’s descendants,‘Seek me in vain!’ I am the LORD, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.
  • John 7:14 : 14 Teaching in the Temple When the feast was half over, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
  • Ps 22:22 : 22 I will declare your name to my countrymen! In the middle of the assembly I will praise you!
  • Ps 40:9 : 9 I have told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O LORD, you know this is true.
  • John 7:28 : 28 Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out,“You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him,
  • John 8:2 : 2 Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them.
  • John 8:26 : 26 I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.”
  • John 10:23-39 : 23 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area in Solomon’s Portico. 24 The Jewish leaders surrounded him and asked,“How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus replied,“I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father’s name testify about me. 26 But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand. 30 The Father and I are one.” 31 The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death. 32 Jesus said to them,“I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jewish leaders replied,“We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.” 34 Jesus answered,“Is it not written in your law,‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If those people to whom the word of God came were called‘gods’(and the scripture cannot be broken), 36 do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world,‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said,‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me. 38 But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.” 39 Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches.
  • Acts 26:26 : 26 For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely to him, because I cannot believe that any of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.
  • Matt 26:65 : 65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared,“He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy!
  • Luke 4:15 : 15 He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by all.
  • Luke 19:45-47 : 45 Cleansing the Temple Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there, 46 saying to them,“It is written,‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!” 47 Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,
  • Luke 20:1-8 : 1 The Authority of Jesus Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up 2 and said to him,“Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things? Or who is it who gave you this authority?” 3 He answered them,“I will also ask you a question, and you tell me: 4 John’s baptism– was it from heaven or from people?” 5 So they discussed it with one another, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Why did you not believe him?’ 6 But if we say,‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.” 7 So they replied that they did not know where it came from. 8 Then Jesus said to them,“Neither will I tell you by whose authority I do these things.”
  • Luke 21:37 : 37 So every day Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, but at night he went and stayed on the Mount of Olives.
  • Matt 9:35 : 35 Workers for the Harvest Then Jesus went throughout all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness.
  • Matt 21:23-27 : 23 The Authority of Jesus Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said,“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” 24 Jesus answered them,“I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from people?” They discussed this among themselves, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Then why did you not believe him?’ 26 But if we say,‘From people,’ we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.” 27 So they answered Jesus,“We don’t know.” Then he said to them,“Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
  • Matt 24:26 : 26 So then, if someone says to you,‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.

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