John 7
1 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.
And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2 When the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,
Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
3 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.
His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works which thou doest.
4 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.’
For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.
5 For even his brothers did not believe in him.
For even his brethren did not believe on him.
6 ‘My time,’ answered Jesus, ‘is not come yet, but your time is always here.
Jesus therefore saith unto them, My time is not yet come; but your time is alway ready.
7 The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
8 Go yourselves up to the Festival; I am not going to this Festival yet, because my time has not yet come.’
Go ye up unto the feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.
9 After telling them this, he stayed on in Galilee.
And having said these things unto them, he abode [still] in Galilee.
10 But, when his brothers had gone up to the Festival, Jesus also went up – not publicly, but privately.
But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
11 The authorities were looking for him at the Festival and asking “Where is he?”;
The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
12 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.”
And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: some said, He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray.
13 No one, however, spoke freely about him, because they were afraid of the authorities.
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
14 About the middle of the Festival week, Jesus went up into the Temple Courts, and began teaching.
But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
15 The authorities were astonished. ‘How has this man got his learning,’ they asked, ‘when he has never studied?’
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
16 So, in reply, Jesus said, ‘My teaching is not my own; it is his who sent me.
Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
17 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.
If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it be of God, or [whether] I speak from myself.
18 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.
He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
19 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?’
Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?
20 ‘You must be possessed by a demon!’ the people exclaimed. ‘Who is seeking to put you to death?’
The multitude answered, Thou hast a devil: who seeketh to kill thee?
21 ‘There was one thing I did,’ replied Jesus, ‘at which you are all still wondering.
Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel.
22 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.
For this cause hath Moses given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.
23 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?
If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?
24 Do not judge by appearances; judge justly.’
Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
25 At this some of the people of Jerusalem exclaimed, ‘Is not this the man who they are seeking to put to death?
Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
26 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?
And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?
27 Yet we know where this man is from; but, when the Christ comes, no one will be able to tell where he is from.’
Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
28 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.
Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
29 I do know him, for it is from him that I have come, and he sent me as his messenger.’
I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.
30 So they sought to arrest him; but no one touched him, for his time was not come yet.
They sought therefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31 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?’
But of the multitude many believed on him; and they said, When the Christ shall come, will he do more signs than those which this man hath done?
32 The Pharisees heard the people whispering about him in this way, and so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him;
The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.
33 at which Jesus said, ‘I will be with you but a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him that sent me.
34 You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I will be.’
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.
35 ‘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?
The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go that we shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
36 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”?’
What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come?
37 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.
Now on the last day, the great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 From the heart of those who believe in me will flow, as is said in scripture, rivers of living water.’
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (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.)
But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet [given]; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
40 Some of the people, when they heard these words, said, ‘This is certainly the Prophet!’;
[Some] of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
41 others said, ‘the Christ!’; but some asked, ‘What! Does the Christ come from Galilee?
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
42 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?’
Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
43 So there was a sharp division among the people because of Jesus.
So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, and yet no one touched him.
And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
45 When the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, they were asked, ‘Why have you not brought him?’
The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why did ye not bring him?
46 ‘No one ever spoke as he speaks!’ they answered.
The officers answered, Never man so spake.
47 ‘What! Have you been led astray too?’ the Pharisees replied.
The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray?
48 ‘Have any of our leading men believed in him, or any of the Pharisees?
Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?
49 As for these people who do not know the Law – they are cursed!’
But this multitude which knoweth not the law are accursed.
50 But one of their number, Nicodemus, who before this had been to see Jesus, said to them,
Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to him before, being one of them),
51 ‘Does our Law pass judgment on a person without first giving them a hearing, and finding out what they have been doing?’
Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?
52 ‘Are you also from Galilee?’ they retorted. ‘Search, and you will find that no prophet is to arise in Galilee!’
They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
53 And everyone went home
[And they went every man unto his own house:
