John 7
7
Anticipating Hostility at Sukkot
1After these events, Yeshua was walking about in the Galilee. He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Judean leaders wanted to kill Him.
2Now the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
3Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so Your disciples also may see the works You are doing.
4No one who wants to be well known does everything in secret. If You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world!”
5For not even His brothers were trusting in Him.
6Therefore Yeshua said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always at hand.
7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify that its works are evil.
8You go on up to the Feast. I’m not going to this feast, because My time hasn’t yet fully come.”
9After saying these things, He stayed in the Galilee.
10But after His brothers went to the Feast, He also went, not openly but secretly.
11Then the Judean leaders were searching for Him at the Feast and kept asking, “Where is that fellow?”
12There was a lot of murmuring about Him in the crowds. Some were saying, “He is good.” But others were saying, “Not so! He leads the people astray.”
13Yet no one spoke openly about Him for fear of the Judean leaders.
Teaching at the Temple
14About halfway through the Feast, Yeshua went up to the Temple and began teaching.
15Then the Judean leaders were amazed, saying, “How does this man know so much, having never been taught?”
16Yeshua answered, “My teaching is not from Me, but from Him who sent Me.
17If anyone wants to do His will, he will know whether My teaching comes from God or it is Myself speaking.
18Whoever speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
19Hasn’t Moses given you the Torah? Yet none of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
20The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who’s trying to kill you?”
21Yeshua answered, “I did one good work, and all of you are amazed.
22Because Moses has given you circumcision (though it is not from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a man on Shabbat.
23If a man receives circumcision on Shabbat so that the Torah of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry that I healed a man’s whole body on Shabbat?
24Do not judge by appearance, but judge righteously.”
25Then some of the people from Jerusalem were saying, “Isn’t this the person they’re trying to kill?
26Look, He speaks openly and they’re saying nothing to Him. Can it be that the leaders know He is the Messiah?
27But we know where this person is from. But the Messiah, whenever He may come, no one knows where He is from.”
28Then, while teaching in the Temple courts, Yeshua cried out, “You know both who I am and where I am from! I have not come on My own, but the One who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
29but I know Him because I am from Him and He sent Me.”
30Then they were trying to seize Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
31Yet many from the crowd believed in Him and were saying, “When the Messiah comes, He won’t perform more signs than this person has, will He?”
32The Pharisees heard people in the crowd murmuring these things about Him, and the ruling kohanim and Pharisees sent guards to arrest Him.
33Yeshua said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.
34You will look for Me but will not find Me. Where I am, you cannot come.”
35The Judean leaders then said among themselves, “Where is this person about to go that we shall not find Him? He’s not going to the Diaspora to teach the Greeks, is He?
36What did He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me but will not find Me. Where I am, you cannot come’?”
Satisfying Spiritual Thirst
37On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Yeshua stood up and cried out loudly, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
38Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture says, ‘out of his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’”
39Now He said this about the Ruach, whom those who trusted in Him were going to receive; for the Ruach was not yet given, since Yeshua was not yet glorified.
40When they heard these words, some of the crowd said, “This man really is the Prophet.”
41Others were saying, “This is the Messiah.” Still others were saying, “The Messiah doesn’t come from the Galilee, does He?
42Didn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from the seed of David and from Bethlehem, David’s town?”
43So a division arose in the crowd because of Yeshua.
44Some wanted to capture Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
Religious Adversaries
45Then the guards returned to the ruling kohanim and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him?”
46“Never has anyone spoken like this man,” the guards answered.
47The Pharisees responded, “You haven’t been led astray also, have you?
48Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
49No, but this mob that doesn’t know the Torah—they are cursed!”
50Nicodemus, the one who had come to Yeshua before and was one of them, said to them,
51“Our Torah doesn’t judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”
52They answered him, “You aren’t from the Galilee too, are you? Search, and see that no prophet comes out of the Galilee!”
53Then everyone went to his own house.
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John 7
7
Jesus goes to Jerusalem
1After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He didn’t want to travel in Judea, because the Jewish authorities wanted to kill him. 2When it was almost time for the Jewish Festival of Booths, 3Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee. Go to Judea so that your disciples can see the amazing works that you do. 4Those who want to be known publicly don’t do things secretly. Since you can do these things, show yourself to the world.” 5His brothers said this because even they didn’t believe in him.
6Jesus replied, “For you, anytime is fine. But my time hasn’t come yet. 7The world can’t hate you. It hates me, though, because I testify that its works are evil. 8You go up to the festival. I’m not going to this one because my time hasn’t yet come.” 9Having said this, he stayed in Galilee. 10However, after his brothers left for the festival, he went too—not openly but in secret.
11The Jewish leaders were looking for Jesus at the festival. They kept asking, “Where is he?” 12The crowds were murmuring about him. “He’s a good man,” some said, but others were saying, “No, he tricks the people.” 13No one spoke about him publicly, though, for fear of the Jewish authorities.
Jesus teaches in the temple
14Halfway through the festival, Jesus went up to the temple and started to teach. 15Astonished, the Jewish leaders asked, “He’s never been taught! How has he mastered the Law?”
16Jesus responded, “My teaching isn’t mine but comes from the one who sent me. 17Whoever wants to do God’s will can tell whether my teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own. 18Those who speak on their own seek glory for themselves. Those who seek the glory of him who sent me are people of truth; there’s no falsehood in them. 19Didn’t Moses give you the Law? Yet none of you keep the Law. Why do you want to kill me?”
20The crowd answered, “You have a demon. Who wants to kill you?”
21Jesus replied, “I did one work, and you were all astonished. 22Because Moses gave you the commandment about circumcision (although it wasn’t Moses but the patriarchs), you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23If a man can be circumcised on the Sabbath without breaking Moses’ Law, why are you angry with me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath? 24Don’t judge according to appearances. Judge with right judgment.”
25Some people from Jerusalem said, “Isn’t he the one they want to kill? 26Here he is, speaking in public, yet they aren’t saying anything to him. Could it be that our leaders actually think he is the Christ? 27We know where he is from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.”
28While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he exclaimed, “You know me and where I am from. I haven’t come on my own. The one who sent me is true, and you don’t know him. 29I know him because I am from him and he sent me.” 30So they wanted to seize Jesus, but they couldn’t because his time hadn’t yet come.
31Many from that crowd believed in Jesus. They said, “When the Christ comes, will he do more miraculous signs than this man does?” 32The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about Jesus, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent guards to arrest him.
33Therefore, Jesus said, “I’m still with you for a little while before I go to the one who sent me. 34You will look for me, but you won’t find me, and where I am you can’t come.”
35The Jewish opposition asked each other, “Where does he intend to go that we can’t find him? Surely he doesn’t intend to go where our people have been scattered and are living among the Greeks! He isn’t going to teach the Greeks, is he? 36What does he mean when he says, ‘You will look for me, but you won’t find me, and where I am you can’t come’?”
37On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted,
“All who are thirsty should come to me!
38 All who believe in me should drink!
As the scriptures said concerning me, # 7.38 Or Whoever is thirsty should come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, just as the scriptures said, rivers of living water will flow out from within them.
Rivers of living water will flow out from within him. ”
39Jesus said this concerning the Spirit. Those who believed in him would soon receive the Spirit, but they hadn’t experienced the Spirit yet since Jesus hadn’t yet been glorified.
40When some in the crowd heard these words, they said, “This man is truly the prophet.” 41Others said, “He’s the Christ.” But others said, “The Christ can’t come from Galilee, can he? 42Didn’t the scripture say that the Christ comes from David’s family and from Bethlehem, David’s village?” 43So the crowd was divided over Jesus. 44Some wanted to arrest him, but no one grabbed him.
45The guards returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked, “Why didn’t you bring him?”
46The guards answered, “No one has ever spoken the way he does.”
47The Pharisees replied, “Have you too been deceived? 48Have any of the leaders believed in him? Has any Pharisee? 49No, only this crowd, which doesn’t know the Law. And they are under God’s curse!”
50Nicodemus, who was one of them and had come to Jesus earlier, said, 51“Our Law doesn’t judge someone without first hearing him and learning what he is doing, does it?”
52They answered him, “You are not from Galilee too, are you? Look it up and you will see that the prophet doesn’t come from Galilee.”
Pharisees test Jesus
53They each went to their own homes,
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