Jesus and His Brothers Before the Feast

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After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.

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However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.

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So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.

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For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”

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For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.

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Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.

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The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

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Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”

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Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee.

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But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.