John 7
1 After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2 However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
3 So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works 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 who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself 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 own brothers did not believe in Him.
For even his brethren did not believe on him.
6 Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
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 hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
8 Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, 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 Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee.
And having said these things unto them, he abode [still] in Galilee.
10 But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
11 So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
12 Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
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 Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
14 About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
15 The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
16 “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
17 If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
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 He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
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 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?
20 “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
The multitude answered, Thou hast a devil: who seeketh to kill thee?
21 Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.
Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel.
22 But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
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 If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the 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 Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
26 Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this 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 But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”
Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
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 but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”
I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.
30 So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
They sought therefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31 Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
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 When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests 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 So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One 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, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.
35 At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
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, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
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 feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him 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 Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
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 On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
[Some] of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
41 Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
42 Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
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 division in the crowd because of Jesus.
So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
44 Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
45 Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why did ye not bring him?
46 “Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
The officers answered, Never man so spake.
47 “Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray?
48 “Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?
49 But this crowd that does not know the law, they are under a curse.”
But this multitude which knoweth not the law are accursed.
50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to him before, being one of them),
51 “Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?
52 “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
53 Then each went to his own home.
[And they went every man unto his own house:
