However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
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… It was in the time of the feast. The feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles was at hand, we're told. Now there were three major Jewish feasts that occurred annually. in all three male Jews within a 20-mile radius of Jerusalem were obligated to attend. First was Passover, second was Pentecost, third was Tabernacles or the Feast of Booths. Each feast was a historical reminder of something that their forefathers had experienced and endured and they were never to forget the events when they originally occurred. And so God established these feasts or these festivals. Now this particular feast was tabernacles and it was a reminder of the days that the people of the Jews lived in little huts, shanties, lived in the caves and the dens of the earth while they were moving across the wilderness to the land of Canaan. And even though centuries had passed since that first took place, the Jews recognized that historically, year after year after year. And not only were the Jews within a 20-mile radius obligated, but devout Jews commonly attended these feasts, especially to three great feasts each year. …
He's trying to be killed by the leaders, consumed by the crowd, but verse 5 really got me. It said, even his own brothers did not believe in him. So, he's got a crowd trying to kill him. He's got leaders that are trying to crucify him. He's got disciples who don't really get him. The disciples never fully got Jesus. I'll prove it to you. Lazarus died. Jesus said, he's sleeping. I'm going to wake him up. He was speaking in code. The disciples said back, well, Lord, if he sleeps, he'll get better. The Bible says then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus is dead. Have you ever had to explain things to people more than you should at this point. That's John chapter 11. By John chapter 11, I should not have to tell you everything. But Jesus has a leadership team that's trying to kill him, a crowd that's consuming and taking from him, and disciples who don't get him. Even his own brothers don't believe in him. …
… After these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. And His brothers therefore said to Him, Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing. For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. And if You do these things, show Yourself to the world. For even his brothers did not believe in him. Jesus said to them, My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify of it that its works are evil. go up to the feast, I am not yet going up to the feast, for my time has not yet fully come. And when He had said these things to them, He remained in Galilee. But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were, in secret. …