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John 8:20

These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

KJV

ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα ἐλάλησεν ἐν τῷ γαζοφυλακίῳ διδάσκων ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ· καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐπίασεν αὐτόν, ὅτι οὔπω ἐληλύθει ἡ ὥρα αὐτοῦ.

Greek NT

Hæc verba locutus est Jesus in gazophylacio, docens in templo : et nemo apprehendit eum, quia necdum venerat hora ejus.

Vulgate

These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yet come.

ASV

These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, teaching in the temple: and no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γαζοφυλάκιον
gazophulakion
noun · 5×
διδάσκω
didasko
verb · 97×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
οὔπω
oupo
adverb · 25×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πιάζω
piazo
verb · 12×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἱερόν
ieron
noun · 72×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὥρα
ora
noun · 106×
ῥῆμα
rema
noun · 67×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἐλάλησεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐλάλησεν | RP: + ὁ Ἰησοῦς
  • ἐλάλησενSBLGNT
  • ἐλάλησενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὁ ἸησοῦςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. In preaching the word there is some toil, and this Paul declares when he says, Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine. 1 Timothy 5:17 Yet it is in your power to make this labor light or heavy; for if you reject our words, or if without actually rejecting them you do not show them forth in your works…
1. There is nothing clearer, nothing simpler than the truth, if we deal not perversely; just as (on the other hand) if we deal perversely, nothing is more difficult. For behold, the Scribes and Pharisees, who seemed forsooth to be wiser than other men, being ever with Christ for the sake of plotting against Him, and beholding His miracles, and reading the Scriptures, were nothi…

Cross-references

  • Jer 36:26 — But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
  • John 2:4 — Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
  • John 7:6 — Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
  • John 7:8 — Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.
  • John 7:8 — Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.
  • John 7:30 — Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
  • John 7:30 — Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
  • John 7:44 — And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
  • John 17:1 — These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
  • Luke 21:1 — And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
  • Mark 12:41 — And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
  • Mark 12:41 — And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
  • Mark 12:43 — And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
  • Matt 27:6 — And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.