John 7
1 After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
After this, Jesus went about in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the religious authorities (in Jerusalem) were eager to put him to death.
2 Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.
When the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,
3 His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.
his brothers said to him, ‘Leave this part of the country, and go into Judea, so that your disciples, as well as we, may see the work that you are doing.
4 For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”
For no one does a thing privately, if they are seeking to be widely known. Since you do these things, you should show yourself publicly to the world.’
5 For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.
For even his brothers did not believe in him.
6 Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
‘My time,’ answered Jesus, ‘is not come yet, but your time is always here.
7 The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.
8 You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”
Go yourselves up to the Festival; I am not going to this Festival yet, because my time has not yet come.’
9 Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.
After telling them this, he stayed on in Galilee.
10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
But, when his brothers had gone up to the Festival, Jesus also went up – not publicly, but privately.
11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”
The authorities were looking for him at the Festival and asking “Where is he?”;
12 There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”
and there were many whispers about him among the people, some saying “He is a good man;” others, “No! He is leading the people astray.”
13 Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
No one, however, spoke freely about him, because they were afraid of the authorities.
14 But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
About the middle of the Festival week, Jesus went up into the Temple Courts, and began teaching.
15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
The authorities were astonished. ‘How has this man got his learning,’ they asked, ‘when he has never studied?’
16 Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
So, in reply, Jesus said, ‘My teaching is not my own; it is his who sent me.
17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God or if I am speaking from myself.
If anyone has the will to do God’s will, they will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.
18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
The person who speaks on their own authority seeks honour for themselves; but the one who seeks the honour of him who sent him is sincere, and there is nothing false in him.
19 Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
Was not it Moses who gave you the Law? Yet not one of you obeys it! Why are you seeking to put me to death?’
20 The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
‘You must be possessed by a demon!’ the people exclaimed. ‘Who is seeking to put you to death?’
21 Jesus answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it.
‘There was one thing I did,’ replied Jesus, ‘at which you are all still wondering.
22 Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
But that is why Moses has instituted circumcision among you – not, indeed, that it began with him, but with our ancestors – and that is why you circumcise even on a Sabbath.
23 If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
When a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath to prevent the Law of Moses from being broken, how can you be angry with me for making a man sound and well on a Sabbath?
24 Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
Do not judge by appearances; judge justly.’
25 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?
At this some of the people of Jerusalem exclaimed, ‘Is not this the man who they are seeking to put to death?
26 Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
Yet here he is, speaking out boldly, and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that our leading men have really discovered that he is the Christ?
27 However, we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
Yet we know where this man is from; but, when the Christ comes, no one will be able to tell where he is from.’
28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t know.
Therefore, Jesus, as he was teaching in the Temple Courts, raised his voice and said, ‘Yes; you know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own authority, but he who sent me may be trusted; and him you do not know.
29 I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”
I do know him, for it is from him that I have come, and he sent me as his messenger.’
30 They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
So they sought to arrest him; but no one touched him, for his time was not come yet.
31 But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, he won’t do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?”
Many of the people, however, believed in him. ‘When the Christ comes,’ they said, ‘will he give more signs of his mission than this man has given?’
32 The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
The Pharisees heard the people whispering about him in this way, and so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him;
33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
at which Jesus said, ‘I will be with you but a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
34 You will seek me and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”
You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I will be.’
35 The Jews therefore said among themselves, “Where will this man go that we won’t find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
‘Where is this man going,’ the people asked one another, ‘that we would not find him? Will he go to our countrymen abroad, and teach foreigners?
36 What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?”
What does he mean by saying “You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I will be”?’
37 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
On the last and greatest day of the Festival, Jesus, who was standing by, exclaimed, ‘If anyone is thirsty, they should come to me and drink.
38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
From the heart of those who believe in me will flow, as is said in scripture, rivers of living water.’
39 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
(By this he meant the Spirit, which those who had believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been exalted.)
40 Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
Some of the people, when they heard these words, said, ‘This is certainly the Prophet!’;
41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
others said, ‘the Christ!’; but some asked, ‘What! Does the Christ come from Galilee?
42 Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
Is not it said in scripture that it is of the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village to which David belonged, that the Christ is to come?’
43 So a division arose in the multitude because of him.
So there was a sharp division among the people because of Jesus.
44 Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
Some of them wanted to arrest him, and yet no one touched him.
45 The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”
When the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, they were asked, ‘Why have you not brought him?’
46 The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”
‘No one ever spoke as he speaks!’ they answered.
47 The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?
‘What! Have you been led astray too?’ the Pharisees replied.
48 Have any of the rulers or any of the Pharisees believed in him?
‘Have any of our leading men believed in him, or any of the Pharisees?
49 But this multitude that doesn’t know the law is cursed.”
As for these people who do not know the Law – they are cursed!’
50 Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,
But one of their number, Nicodemus, who before this had been to see Jesus, said to them,
51 “Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”
‘Does our Law pass judgment on a person without first giving them a hearing, and finding out what they have been doing?’
52 They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”
‘Are you also from Galilee?’ they retorted. ‘Search, and you will find that no prophet is to arise in Galilee!’
53 Everyone went to his own house,
And everyone went home
