John 8:20

The treasury was a public place in the temple; concerning which, See Poole on "Matthew 27:6", See Poole on "Mark 12:41", See Poole on "Mark 12:43" and See Poole on "Luke 21:1". Christ taught sometimes in one part of the temple, sometimes in another: but that no man should lay hold on him, considering the search made for him in the beginning of the feast, and their sending messengers to take him, as we read 1 Thessalonians 7:32, and the affront he had given to the scribes and Pharisees, of which we read in the beginning of this chapter, was very miraculous; nor can any account be given of it besides what is here given, viz. that his hour was not yet come; which was the reason we heard given before in the same case, 1 Thessalonians 7:30. Men shall be able to do nothing against Christ, or any that belong unto him, till the time cometh that God hath set in his wise and eternal thoughts.