John 7:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking,“Where is he?”

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Referenced Verses

  • John 11:56 : 56 Thus they were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple courts,“What do you think? That he won’t come to the feast?”

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  • John 11:54-57
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    54Thus Jesus no longer went around publicly among the Judeans, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.

    55Now the Jewish Feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.

    56Thus they were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple courts,“What do you think? That he won’t come to the feast?”

    57(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

  • John 7:8-10
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    8You go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because my time has not yet fully arrived.”

    9When he had said this, he remained in Galilee.

    10But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret.

  • John 7:34-37
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    34You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”

    35Then the Jewish leaders said to one another,“Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?

    36What did he mean by saying,‘You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

    37Teaching About the Spirit On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out,“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and

  • John 7:25-26
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    25Questions About Jesus’ Identity Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say,“Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

    26Yet here he is, speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to him. Do the ruling authorities really know that this man is the Christ?

  • John 7:1-4
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    1The Feast of Shelters After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.

    2Now the Jewish Feast of Shelters was near.

    3So Jesus’ brothers advised him,“Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing.

    4For 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.”

  • John 7:12-15
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    12There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying,“He is a good man,” but others,“He deceives the common people.”

    13However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders.

    14Teaching in the Temple When the feast was half over, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.

    15Then the Jewish leaders were astonished and said,“How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?”

  • John 5:1
    75%

    1Healing a Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda After this there was a Jewish feast, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • John 6:24-25
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    24So when the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

    25Jesus’ Discourse About the Bread of Life When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him,“Rabbi, when did you get here?”

  • John 18:7
    73%

    7Then Jesus asked them again,“Who are you looking for?” And they said,“Jesus the Nazarene.”

  • Mark 1:37
    73%

    37When they found him, they said,“Everyone is looking for you.”

  • John 7:45
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    45Lack of Belief Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them,“Why didn’t you bring him back with you?”

  • Matt 26:5
    73%

    5But they said,“Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

  • John 11:7-8
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    7Then after this, he said to his disciples,“Let us go to Judea again.”

    8The disciples replied,“Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?”

  • John 7:32
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    32The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

  • Mark 14:1-2
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    72%

    1The Plot Against Jesus Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

    2For they said,“Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”

  • Luke 2:44-45
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    44but(because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) they went a day’s journey. Then they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

    45When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.

  • John 7:30
    71%

    30So then they tried to seize Jesus, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

  • John 6:4
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    4(Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.)

  • John 11:47
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    47So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said,“What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

  • John 2:18
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    18So then the Jewish leaders responded,“What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?”

  • John 4:45
    70%

    45So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalem at the feast(for they themselves had gone to the feast).

  • Acts 7:1
    70%

    1Stephen’s Defense Before the Council Then the high priest said,“Are these things true?”

  • Luke 7:18
    70%

    18Jesus and John the Baptist John’s disciples informed him about all these things. So John called two of his disciples

  • John 2:13
    70%

    13Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • John 12:20
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    20Seekers Now some Greeks were among those who had gone up to worship at the feast.

  • John 8:20
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    20(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)

  • Luke 22:9
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    9They said to him,“Where do you want us to prepare it?”

  • John 7:19-20
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    69%

    19Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”

    20The crowd answered,“You’re possessed by a demon! Who is trying to kill you?”

  • Luke 20:7
    69%

    7So they replied that they did not know where it came from.

  • John 10:39
    69%

    39Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches.