⁶ So, Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come [i.e., to be revealed to the world as its Savior], but it is always your time [i.e., they could go to the festival anytime without rousing opposition]. ⁷ The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about its deeds, that they are evil. ⁸ You men go [on] up to the festival, but I am not going up yet [Note: Although "yet" appears in only a few manuscripts, it seems to be the proper idea here], because my time has not yet come. [See verse 6]. ⁹ Then after saying these things, Jesus remained in Galilee [i.e., for awhile longer. See next verse].

¹⁰ But after His [half-] brothers had gone up to the Festival, Jesus also went up, but secretly instead of openly. ¹¹ So, the Jews [i.e., their authorities] began searching for Him at the Festival, and were saying, "Where is he?" ¹² And there was much whispering about Him among the crowds. Some were saying, "He is a good man," [but] others said, "No [he is not], he is [just] deceiving the crowd." ¹³ However, no one said anything about Him openly for fear of the Jews.

¹⁴ But when the Festival was about half over, Jesus went up into the Temple and began teaching. ¹⁵ Now the Jewish authorities were amazed, saying, "How can this man know so much, since he has never been educated?"

¹⁶ So, Jesus answered them, "What I am teaching is not mine, but [it belongs] to Him who sent me [i.e., to God]. ¹⁷ If anyone [really] desires to do what God wants, he will know whether my teaching comes from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority [only]. ¹⁸ The person who speaks on his own authority is [just] trying to gain honor for himself. But the One who tries to gain honor from God, who sent Him, is [committed to] truth, and there is nothing false in His heart. ¹⁹ Did not Moses give you the law, and yet not one of you is obeying it? Why are you trying to kill me?"

²⁰ [Someone from] the crowd answered, "You have an evil spirit [in you]; who is trying to kill you?"

²¹ Jesus answered them, "I performed one [miraculous] deed and you were all amazed by it [i.e., the healing of the crippled man on the Sabbath day. See 5:1-9]. ²² [Now] Moses gave you [the ordinance of] circumcision and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath day. (Although it was [first] required by [your] forefathers, and not Moses). ²³ If a person is circumcised on a Sabbath day so that the law of Moses can be observed [properly, then why] are you upset with me for restoring a person to complete health on a Sabbath day? ²⁴ Do not make judgments based [merely] on how things look, but make judgments on how they really are."