Peter’s Confession

66  After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer. 67  So Jesus said to the twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?” 68  Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69  We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God!” 70  Jesus replied, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is the devil?” 71  (Now he said this about Judas son of Simon Iscariot, for Judas, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.)

7  After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him. 2  Now the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. 3  So Jesus’ brothers advised him, “Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing. 4  For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” 5  (For not even his own brothers believed in him.)

6  So Jesus replied, “My time has not yet arrived, but you are ready at any opportunity! 7  The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil. 8  You go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because my time has not yet fully arrived.” 9  When he had said this, he remained in Galilee.

10  But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret. 11  So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking, “Where is he?” 12  There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others, “He deceives the common people.” 13  However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders.