1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jew- ry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judsea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
4 For there is no man that doeth any- thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
5 For neither did his brethren be- lieve in him.
6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
7 The world cannot hate you; but
me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
9 When he had said these words un- to them, he abode still in Galilee.
10 IT But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in se- cret.
11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he ?
12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man : others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the peo- ple.
13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
The chapter we now begin is divided from the preceding one b}' a wide interval of time. The many miracles which our Lord wrought, while He " walked in Galilee," are passed over by St. John in comparative silence. The events which he was specially inspired to record are those which took place in or near Jerusalem.
We should observe in this passage the desperate hard- ness and unbelief of human nature. We are told that even our Lord's " brethren did not bel'veve in Him." Holy and
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