John 7:4

7:4 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.”

tn Or “seeks to be well known.”

sn No one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret means, in effect: “if you’re going to perform signs to authenticate yourself as Messiah, you should do them at Jerusalem.” (Jerusalem is where mainstream Jewish apocalyptic tradition held that Messiah would appear.)