8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
8 You go up to the feast. I am not
8 You go ahead, go up to the Feast. Don't wait for me. I'm not ready. It's not the right time for me."
8 You go up to this feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for My time has not yet fully come."
8 You go on. I'm not going to this festival, because my time has not yet come."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 7:8
Commentary on John 7:1-13
(Read John 7:1-13)
The brethren or kinsmen of Jesus were disgusted, when they found there was no prospect of worldly advantages from him. Ungodly men sometimes undertake to counsel those employed in the work of God; but they only advise what appears likely to promote present advantages. The people differed about his doctrine and miracles, while those who favoured him, dared not openly to avow their sentiments. Those who count the preachers of the gospel to be deceivers, speak out, while many who favour them, fear to get reproach by avowing regard for them.