Discovery BoxJohn 7:4 
Context7:4 For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself 1 does anything in secret. 2 If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”
John 7:10
Context7:10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus 3 himself also went up, not openly but in secret.
1 tn Or “seeks to be well known.”
2 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.)
3 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
