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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

John 7:13

No one, nevertheless, was speaking, openly, about him, because of their fear of the Jews.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jerusalem;   Jesus Continued;   Thompson Chain Reference - Courage-Fear;   Discipleship;   Fear;   Fear of Man;   Opinion, Public;   Public Opinion;   Secret Discipleship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Confessing Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jesus Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Candlestick;   Feasts;   Nicodemus;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jews in the New Testament;   John, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Scribes;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boldness;   Cowardice;   Dispersion ;   Fear ;   Jews;   Multitude;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tabernacles feast of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - How;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Still, nobody was talking publicly about him for fear of the Jews.
King James Version (1611)
Howbeit, no man spake openly of him, for feare of the Iewes.
King James Version
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
English Standard Version
Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.
New American Standard Bible
However, no one was speaking openly about Him, for fear of the Jews.
New Century Version
But no one was brave enough to talk about Jesus openly, because they were afraid of the elders.
Amplified Bible
Yet no one was speaking out openly and freely about Him for fear of [the leaders of] the Jews.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for fear of the Jews.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yet no one was speaking openly about Him for fear of the Jews.
Berean Standard Bible
Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
Contemporary English Version
But the people were afraid of their leaders, and none of them talked in public about him.
Complete Jewish Bible
However, no one spoke about him openly, for fear of the Judeans.
Darby Translation
However, no one spoke openly concerning him on account of [their] fear of the Jews.
Easy-to-Read Version
But no one was brave enough to talk about him openly. They were afraid of the Jewish leaders.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for feare of the Iewes.
George Lamsa Translation
But no man spoke openly about him, because of the fear of the Jews.
Good News Translation
But no one talked about him openly, because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities.
Lexham English Bible
However, no one was speaking openly about him for fear of the Jews.
Literal Translation
However, no one publicly spoke about Him, because of the fear of the Jews.
American Standard Version
Yet no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
Bible in Basic English
But no man said anything about him openly for fear of the Jews.
Hebrew Names Version
Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Yehudim.
International Standard Version
No one, however, would speak openly about him for fear of the Jews.[fn]John 9:22; 12:42; 19:38;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But no man openly spoke of him, for fear of the Jihudoyee.
Murdock Translation
Yet no one spoke openly of him, from fear of the Jews.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howebeit, no man spake openlye of hym, for feare of the Iewes.
English Revised Version
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
World English Bible
Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
However, no man spake openly of him, for fear of the Jews.
Weymouth's New Testament
Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke out boldly about Him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
netheles no man spak opynli of hym, for drede of the Jewis.
Update Bible Version
Yet no man spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
Webster's Bible Translation
Yet, no man spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.
New English Translation
However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders.
New King James Version
However, no one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.
New Living Translation
But no one had the courage to speak favorably about him in public, for they were afraid of getting in trouble with the Jewish leaders.
New Life Bible
No one spoke about Him in front of other people. They were afraid of the Jews.
New Revised Standard
Yet no one would speak openly about him for fear of the Jews.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Yet no man spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.
Revised Standard Version
Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
How be it no ma spake openly of him for feare of the Iewes
Young's Literal Translation
no one, however, was speaking freely about him, through fear of the Jews.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Howbeit no man spake frely of him, for feare of the Iewes.
Mace New Testament (1729)
However, no body talk'd openly in favour of him, for fear of the Jews.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The only thing not said in public was anything in support of him. Everyone was afraid of getting in trouble with the Jewish leaders who opposed him.

Contextual Overview

1 And, after these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee; for he was not wishing, in Judaea, to be walking, because the Jews were seeking to slay him. 2 But the feast of the Jews was near, that of the pitching of tents. 3 His brethren, therefore, said unto him - Remove hence, and withdraw into Judaea, that, thy disciples also, may view thy works which thou art doing. 4 For, no one, anything in secret, doeth, and yet is seeking, himself, to be well-known. If, these things, thou art doing, manifest thyself unto the world. 5 For, not even his brethren, were believing on him. 6 Jesus, therefore, saith unto them - My season, not yet, is here; but, your season, at anytime, is ready: 7 The world cannot hate you; but, me, it hateth, because, I, bear witness concerning it, that, the works thereof, are, wicked. 8 Ye, go up unto the feast: I, not yet, am coming up unto this feast, because, my season, not yet, hath fully come. 9 And, these things, having said unto them, he was still abiding in Galilee. 10 But, when his brethren had gone up unto the feast, then, he also, went up, - not openly, but as it were in secret.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

spake: John 3:2, John 9:22, John 9:34, John 12:42, John 12:43, John 19:38, John 20:19, Proverbs 29:25, Galatians 2:12, Galatians 2:13, 2 Timothy 2:9-13, Revelation 2:13

Reciprocal: John 11:54 - went

Cross-References

Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old, - and Noah begat Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Genesis 6:10
And Noah begat three sons, - Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Genesis 6:18
therefore will I establish my covenant with thee, - and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons wives, with thee.
Genesis 7:1
And Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark, - for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.
Genesis 7:2
Of all the clean beasts, shalt thou take to thee by sevens, a male and his female, - and, of the beasts that are not clean,, shall be two a male and his female.
Genesis 7:4
For in seven days more, I, am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights, - so will I wipe out all the living things which I have made, from off the face of the ground.
Genesis 7:7
So Noah entered, and his sons and his wife and his sons wives with him into the ark, - from before the waters of the flood,
Genesis 7:9
two and two, went they in unto Noah, into the ark male and female,, - as God commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:18
And the waters prevailed and increased greatly, on the earth, - and the ark went its way on the face of the waters.
Genesis 7:19
Yea the waters, prevailed very greatly, on the earth, - so that all the high mountains became covered, that were under all the heavens:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Howbeit, no man spoke openly of him,.... So loud as to be overheard, at least by many, but in a secret and whispering way; or did not speak with freedom, or all their mind, what they really thought of him, nor with courage and boldness:

for fear the Jews; for fear of being mobbed by them, or up and prosecuted, or turned out of the synagogue; for a law was made, that whoever confessed him, should be so used; and this deterred persons from expressing the true sentiments of their minds about him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Spake openly of him - The word translated “openly,” here, is commonly rendered “boldly.” This refers doubtless, to those who really believed on him. His enemies were not silent; but his friends had not confidence to speak of him openly or boldly that is, to speak what they really thought. Many supposed that he was the Messiah, yet even this they did not dare to profess. All that they could say in his favor was that he was a good man. There are always many such friends of Jesus in the world who are desirous of saying something good about him, but who, from fear or shame, refuse to make a full acknowledgment of him. Many will praise his morals, his precepts, and his holy life, while they are ashamed to speak of his divinity or his atonement, and still more to acknowledge that they are dependent on him for salvation.


 
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