John 7:4

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.”

1Ki 22:13; Pr 18:1,2; Mt 4:6; Mt 6:1,2,5,16; Mt 23:5; Lu 6:45; Joh 18:20; Ac 2:4-12

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.)