John 8:20

These words spake Jesus in the treasury.

The treasury of the temple was in the court of the women, the most public part of the temple. See Mark 12:41; Luke 21:1. The mention of the locality shows the boldness of the Lord's teaching. The Sanhedrim held its sessions, usually, in the hall Gazith, which was situated in the wall between the court of women and the inner court. Jesus was teaching within hearing of the very headquarters of his enemies, from whence had issued the orders, shortly before (Chap. VII. 32, 45), for his arrest. "Yet no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come." Until the Passover, six months in the future, that the plans of his enemies should all fail, and "his hour should not come," was clearly known to the Lord.