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.

2 However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.

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.

4 For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”

5 For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.

6 Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.

7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

8 Go up to the feast on your own. I am not yet going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”

9 Having said this to them, Jesus remained in Galilee.

10 But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.

11 So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “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.”

13 Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.

14 About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.

15 The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”

16 “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who 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.

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.

19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”

20 “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”

21 Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.

22 But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

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?

24 Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying 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?

27 But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”

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,

29 but 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.

31 Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”

32 When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest 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.

34 You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you 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?

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’?”

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.

38 Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

39 He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Holy Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

40 On hearing these words, many of the people therefore said, “This is truly the Prophet.”

41 Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from 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?”

43 So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.

44 Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.

45 Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”

46 “Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.

47 “Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.

48 “Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

49 But this crowd that does not know the law—they are under a curse.”

50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus by night and who himself was one of them, asked,

51 “Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”

52 “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”

53 Then each went to his own home.

1 ¶ After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.

3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

4 For [there is] no man [that] doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.

6 Then Jesus said unto them, ‹My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.›

7 ‹The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.›

8 ‹Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.›

9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode [still] in Galilee.

10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.

13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

14 ¶ Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

16 Jesus answered them, and said, ‹My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.›

17 ‹If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or› [whether] ‹I speak of myself.›

18 ‹He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.›

19 ‹Did not Moses give you the law, and› [yet] ‹none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?›

20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

21 Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹I have done one work, and ye all marvel.›

22 ‹Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.›

23 ‹If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?›

24 ‹Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.›

25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, ‹Ye both know me, and ye 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: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.›

30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this [man] hath done?

32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.

33 Then said Jesus unto them, ‹Yet a little while am I with you, and› [then] ‹I go unto him that sent me.›

34 ‹Ye shall seek me, and shall not find› [me]: ‹and where I am,› [thither] ‹ye cannot come.›

35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

36 What [manner of] saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come?

37 ¶ In the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, ‹If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.›

38 ‹He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.›

39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet [given]; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

43 So there was a division among the people because of him.

44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

45 ¶ Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?

46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?

48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)

51 Doth our law judge [any] man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

53 And every man went unto his own house.

1 After these things Jesus went about in Galilee: for he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought his life.

2 And the feast of the Jews was nigh, the feast of leaves.

3 Then said his brethren unto him, Arise thou from thence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

4 No man doeth a thing in secret, and yet desireth to be made manifest freely. If thou do these things, manifest thyself before the world.

5 For neither did his brethren believe on him.

6 Then saith JEsus unto them: My time is not yet here; but your time is always.

7 The world cannot hate you; but hate me: for I bear witness of it, that the works thereof are evil.

8 Go ye up unto this feast. I will not yet go up unto this feast: for my time is not yet fulfilled.

9 And when he had said these things unto them, he abode in Galilee.

10 And when his brethren were gone up, he also went up to the feast, not openly, but secretly.

11 And the Jews sought him at the feast, and said: Where is he?

11 Doth our law judge a man before he is heard, and before he knoweth what he doeth?

12 And there was a great murmuring of him among the people. Some said: He is righteous. But the rest said: No, but he seduces the people.

13 And no man spake freely of him for the fear of the Jews.

14 But in the midst of the feast JEsus went up into the temple, and taught.

15 And the Jews marvelled, and said: How can this man know the scriptures, seeing he hath not learned them?

16 JEsus answered them, and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

17 If any man will do the will of God, he shall know whether this doctrine be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

19 Did not Moses give you the law? And there is none among you that doeth the law. Why seek ye to kill me?

20 And the people answered and said, Thou hast the devil; who seeketh to kill thee?

21 Jesus answered and said, I have done a certain work, and ye all marvel at it.

22 Moses therefore gave you circumcision, not that it came of Moses, but that it came of the fathers: neither circumcise ye a man on the sabbath day.

22 And they answered and said unto him, Art thou also a Galilaean? Search, and, behold, there ariseth not a prophet out of Galilee.

23 If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses be not broken, are ye angry with me, because I have made all man whole on the sabbath day?

24 Judge not according to reputation, but judge righteously.

25 Then said some of Jerusalem, Is not this he whom they sought to kill?

26 And, behold, he speaketh freely, and they say nothing unto him. Do our rulers then know for certain that he is Christ?

27 But we know from whence this is: but when Christ shall come, no man shall know from whence he is.

28 Then cried JEsus in the temple, teaching, and saying, Ye know me, and from whence I am: and of myself I am not come, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

29 But I know him; for I am of him, and he hath sent me.

30 And they sought to lay hold on him. But no one laid a hand on him, for his hour had not yet come.

31 But many of the people believed on him, and said: When Christ shall come, will he also do more signs than this man do?

32 And it came to pass before the Pharisees, that the people murmured these things concerning him. Then the Pharisees and chief priests sent out servants to seize him.

33 Then said JEsus unto them: I am with you yet a little while, and then I go unto him that sent me.

34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.

35 And the Jews said one to another, Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? Will he go among the Greeks, which are scattered abroad, and teach the Greeks?

36 What manner of speech is this, that he saith, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come? Where I am, there ye cannot come?

37 But on the last day of the feast, which was most glorious, JESUS stood up, and said, Whosoever thirsteth, let him come unto me, and drink.

38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his body shall flow rivers of living water.

39 And this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet, because JEsus was not yet glorified.

40 And many of the people, when they heard this saying, said: This is a true prophet.

41 The others said: He is Christ. And some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

42 Doth not the scripture say, Of the seed of David, and out of the place of Bethlehem, where David was, should Christ come?

43 So there was dissension among the people against him.

44 And some sought to lay hold on him, but no man laid a hand on him.

45 And the servants came to the chief priests and Pharisees. And they said unto them: Why have ye not brought him?

46 The servants answered: No man ever spoke like this man.

47 And the Pharisees answered them, Are ye also deceived?

48 Doth any ruler or Pharisee believe in him?

49 But the people that know not the law are accursed.

50 Nicodemus saith unto them, which came to him by night, which was one of them:

53 And every man went home.