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For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself[a] does anything in secret.[b] If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”

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  1. John 7:4 tn Or “seeks to be well known.”
  2. John 7:4 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.)

For no man doeth anything in secret, [a]and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.

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  1. John 7:4 Some ancient authorities read and seeketh it to be known openly.

No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”

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For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

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