September, so the interval from Passover to Tabernacles is about five months. Jesus says that it is "their time" to go to Jerusalem, but "his time" () has not yet come. Verse 1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. Chapter 7 opens in Galilee, where the events and discourses of the previous chapter have taken place. In Galilee, Jesus had taught in the synagogue at Capernaum, but many people including many of his own disciples, had refused to believe. implies that nevertheless Jesus felt safe in Galilee, whereas in Judea or "Jewry" (e.g. King James Version), the Jews (or the Jewish ruling authorities) wanted to kill Jesus. He probably did not go to Jerusalem for the Passover mentioned in , although theologian John Gill suggested that "he went to Jerusalem, to keep the passover; and finding that the Jews still sought to take away his life, he returned to Galilee, and 'walked' there". Chapters 5, 6 and 7 all commence with the words μετα ταυτα (meta tauta), "after these things", "a typical Johannine transition" (chapter 7: and after these things). Verse 3 His brothers therefore said to Him, "Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing". The "brothers", unlike the "disciples", are still unbelievers. Plummer notes that He observes the bluntness of the suggestion in verse 3, Depart from here, "given almost as a command", which "shews that they presumed upon their near relationship. It would be more natural in the mouths of men older than Christ, and therefore is in favour of their being sons of Joseph by a former marriage". Verse 4People don't hide what they are doing if they want to be well known. Since you are doing these things, let the whole world know about you!”Johann Bengel describes the brothers' reasoning as a use of the rhetorical device diasyrmus. Verse 8 [Jesus said to His brothers:] "You go up to the [or this] feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for My time has not yet fully come." Feast of Tabernacles (7:10–52) Jesus does then go to Jerusalem for the feast. The evangelist unfolds his attendance in three steps: He initially directs that his brothers will attend but He will remain in Galilee () Afterwards he does