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.
After these things, Jesus walked in Galilee, for He didn’t want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him.
2 When the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,
Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was near.
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.
Therefore His brothers told Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples will see the works that You are doing, too.
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.”
Nobody does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.”
5 For even his brothers did not believe in him.
For even His brothers didn’t believe in Him.
6 “My time,” answered Jesus, “is not come yet, but your time is always here.
Then Jesus told them, “My time hasn’t yet come, but your time is always right.
7 The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.
The world can’t hate you, but it hates me because I testify 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 up to this feast yourselves. I’m not going up to this feast, yet, for my time hasn’t yet fully come.”
9 After telling them this, he stayed on in Galilee.
Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.
10 But, when his brothers had gone up to the Festival, Jesus also went up – not publicly, but privately.
When His brothers had gone up to the feast, however, Jesus also went up, not publicly, but in secret.
11 The authorities were looking for him at the Festival and asking ‘Where is he?’;
The Jews were looking for Him at the feast, and saying, “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.’
There was much complaining among the people about Him. Some said, “He is good,” but others said, “No, He deceives the people.”
13 No one, however, spoke freely about him, because they were afraid of the authorities.
No one spoke 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.
About the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach.
15 The authorities were astonished. “How has this man got his learning,” they asked, “when he has never studied?”
The Jews marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
16 So, in reply, Jesus said, “My teaching is not my own; it is his who sent me.
Jesus answered, “My teaching isn’t mine, but His who 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.
Anyone who wants to do His will shall know if the teaching is from God or if I speak on my own.
18 The person who speaks on their own authority seeks honor for themselves; but the one who seeks the honor of him who sent him is sincere, and there is nothing false in him.
The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him 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?”
Didn’t Moses give you the Law, yet none of you keeps the Law? Why are you trying to kill me?”
20 “You must be possessed by a demon!” the people exclaimed. “Who is seeking to put you to death?”
The people answered, “You have a demon. Who is trying to kill You?”
21 “There was one thing I did,” replied Jesus, “at which you are all still wondering.
Jesus answered, “I did one work, and you 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.
Moses gave you circumcision (not that it’s from Moses, but from the forefathers), and you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.
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 boy gets circumcised on the Sabbath, so that the Law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?
24 Do not judge by appearances; judge justly.”
Don’t judge by appearance, but judge with 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 of the people of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this the man they are trying 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?
Look! He is speaking boldly, and they say nothing to Him. The rulers haven’t really concluded that this is the Christ, have they?
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.”
Still, we know where this man is from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”
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.
Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I’m from. I haven’t come of my own accord, but He who sent me is true, who you don’t know.
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.
Because of this, they were seeking to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him, because His time had 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?”
Many of the people believed in Him, saying, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than this man has 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 crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to seize 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.
Then Jesus told them, “I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to Him who 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.”
You will look for me, and not find me, and where I am, you can’t 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?
Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we won’t be able to find Him? He doesn’t intend to go to the dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, does He?
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 does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for me, and not find me, and where I am, you can’t 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.
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and declared loudly, “If anyone is thirsty, let that person come to me and drink.
38 From the heart of those who believe in me will flow, as is said in scripture, rivers of living water.”
Rivers of living water will flow from within whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said.”
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.)
He said this about the Spirit, who those believing in Him would receive. The Holy Spirit wasn’t yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
40 Some of the people, when they heard these words, said, “This is certainly the Prophet!”;
When they heard these words, many in the crowd were saying, “This is really the prophet.”
41 others said, “the Christ!”; but some asked, “What! Does the Christ come from Galilee?
Others were saying, “This is the Christ,” but some were saying, “Surely the Christ isn’t going to come from Galilee, is He?
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?”
Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?”
43 So there was a sharp division among the people because of Jesus.
So there was a division among the crowd because of Jesus.
44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, and yet no one touched him.
Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
45 When the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, they were asked, “Why have you not brought him?”
When the officers went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, they asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
46 “No one ever spoke as he speaks!” they answered.
The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”
47 “What! Have you been led astray too?” the Pharisees replied.
Then the Pharisees answered, “You haven’t been deceived, too, have you?
48 “Have any of our leading men believed in him, or any of the Pharisees?
Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
49 As for these people who do not know the Law – they are cursed!”
But this accursed crowd doesn’t know the Law.”
50 But one of their number, Nicodemus, who before this had been to see Jesus, said to them,
Nicodemus (who came to Jesus before, being one of them) asked them,
51 “Does our Law pass judgment on a person without first giving them a hearing, and finding out what they have been doing?”
“Does our Law permit us to judge a man before hearing him and finding out what he is doing?”
52 “Are you also from Galilee?” they retorted. “Search, and you will find that no prophet is to arise in Galilee!”
They answered him, “You aren’t from Galilee, too, are you? Search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
53 And everyone went home
Then everyone went home,
