John 7

1AfterG3326 thisG3778, JesusG2424 traveledG4043 throughoutG1722 GalileeG1056. He did not wantG3756G2309 to travelG4043 inG1722 JudeaG2449, becauseG3754 theG3588 JewsG2453 there were tryingG2212 to killG615 HimG846. 2HoweverG1161, theG3588 JewishG3588G2453 FeastG1859 ofG3588 TabernaclesG46341 wasG1510 nearG1451. 3SoG3767 Jesus’ brothersG80 saidG2036 toG4314 HimG846, “LeaveG3327 hereG1782 andG2532 goG5217 toG1519 JudeaG2449, so thatG2443 YourG4771 disciplesG3101 there may seeG2334 the worksG2041 You are doingG4160. 4ForG1063 no oneG3762 who wantsG2212 to beG1510 known publiclyG1722G3954 actsG4160G5100 inG1722 secretG2927. SinceG1487 You are doingG4160 these thingsG3778, showG5319 YourselfG4572 to theG3588 worldG2889.” 5ForG1063 even HisG846 own brothersG80 did not believeG4100 inG1519 HimG846.

6ThereforeG3767 JesusG2424 toldG3004 themG846, “AlthoughG1161 yourG5212 timeG2540 isG1510 alwaysG3842 at handG2092, MyG1699 timeG2540 has not yetG3768 comeG3918. 7TheG3588 worldG2889 cannotG3756G1410 hateG3404 youG4771, butG1161 it hatesG3404 MeG1473, becauseG3754 IG1473 testifyG3140G4012G846 thatG3754 itsG846 worksG2041 areG1510 evilG4190. 8Go upG305 toG1519 theG3588 feastG1859 on your ownG4771. IG1473 am notG37562 going upG305 toG1519 thisG3778 feastG1859, becauseG3754 MyG1699 timeG2540 has not yetG3768 comeG4137.”

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Having saidG2036 this, Jesus remainedG3306 inG1722 GalileeG1056. 10ButG1161 after HisG846 brothersG80 had gone upG305 toG1519 theG3588 feastG1859, HeG846 alsoG2532 wentG305—notG3756 publiclyG5320, butG235 inG1722 secretG2927.

11SoG3767 theG3588 JewsG2453 were looking forG2212 HimG846 atG1722 theG3588 feastG1859 andG2532 askingG2036, “WhereG4226 isG1510 HeG1565?”

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ManyG4183 inG1722 theG3588 crowdsG3793 wereG1510 whisperingG1112 aboutG4012 HimG846. SomeG3588 saidG2036, “He isG1510 a goodG18 man.”

ButG1161 othersG243 repliedG2036, “NoG3756G235, He deceivesG4105 theG3588 peopleG3793.”

13YetG3305 no oneG3762 would speakG2980 publiclyG3954 aboutG4012 HimG846 forG1223 fearG5401 of theG3588 JewsG2453.

14About halfway throughG1161G2235G3322 theG3588 feastG1859, JesusG2424 went upG305 toG1519 theG3588 templeG2411 courts3 andG2532 began to teachG1321. 15TheG3588 JewsG2453 were amazedG2296 and askedG3004, “HowG4459 did thisG3778 man attainG1492 such learningG1121 withoutG3361 having studiedG3129?”

16“MyG1699 teachingG1322 isG1510 notG3756 My ownG1699,” JesusG2424 repliedG611G846G2532G2036. “It comes from Him whoG3588 sentG3992 MeG1473. 17IfG1437 anyoneG5100 desiresG2309 to doG4160 HisG846 willG2307, he will knowG1097G4012 whetherG4220 My teachingG1322 isG1510 fromG1537 GodG2316 orG2228 whether IG1473 speakG2980 onG575 My ownG1683. 18He whoG3588 speaksG2980 onG575 his ownG1438 authority seeksG2212 his ownG2398 gloryG1391, butG1161 He whoG3588 seeksG2212 theG3588 gloryG1391 of theG3588 One who sentG3992 HimG846 isG1510 a man of truthG227; inG1722 HimG846 there isG1510 noG3756 falsehoodG93. 19Has notG3756 MosesG3475 givenG1325 youG4771 theG3588 lawG3551? YetG2532 not oneG3762 ofG1537 youG4771 keepsG4160 it. WhyG5101 are you tryingG2212 to killG615 MeG1473?”

20“You haveG2192 a demonG1140,” theG3588 crowdG3793 repliedG611. “WhoG5101 is tryingG2212 to killG615 YouG4771?”

21JesusG2424 answeredG611G2532G2036 themG846, “I didG4160 oneG1520 miracleG2041, andG2532 you are all amazedG3956G2296. 22But becauseG1223G3778 MosesG3475 gaveG1325 youG4771 circumcisionG4061, you circumciseG4059 a boyG444 onG1722 the SabbathG4521 (notG3756 thatG3754 it isG1510 fromG1537 MosesG3475, butG235 fromG1537 theG3588 patriarchsG3962.) 23IfG1487 a boyG444 can be circumcisedG2983G4061 onG1722 the SabbathG4521 so thatG2443 theG3588 lawG3551 of MosesG3475 will notG3361 be brokenG3089, why are you angryG5520 with MeG1473 forG3754 makingG4160 the wholeG3650 manG444 wellG5199 onG1722 the SabbathG4521? 24StopG3361 judgingG2919 byG2596 outward appearancesG3799, and start judgingG2919 justlyG1342G2920.”

Is Jesus the Christ?

25ThenG3767 someG5100 ofG1537 theG3588 people of JerusalemG2415 began to sayG2036, “Isn’tG1510G3756 thisG3778 the man they are tryingG2212 to killG615? 26YetG2532 hereG2400 He is, speakingG2980 publiclyG3954, andG2532 they are not sayingG3004G3361 anything to HimG846. Have theG3588 rulersG758 trulyG230 recognizedG1097 thatG3754 thisG3778 isG1510 theG3588 ChristG5547? 27ButG235 we knowG1492 whereG4159 thisG3778 man is fromG1510. WhenG3752 theG3588 ChristG5547 comesG2064, no oneG3762 will knowG1097 whereG4159 He is fromG1510.”

28ThenG3767 JesusG2424, still teachingG1321 inG1722 theG3588 templeG2411 courts, cried outG2896G2532G3004, “You knowG1492 MeG2504, andG2532 you knowG1492 whereG4159 I am fromG1510. I have not comeG3756G2064 ofG575 My own accordG1683, butG235 He whoG3588 sentG3992 MeG1473 isG1510 trueG228. YouG4771 do notG3756 knowG1492 HimG3739, 29but IG1473 knowG1492 HimG846, becauseG3754 I amG1510 fromG3844 HimG846 and HeG2548 sentG649 MeG1473.”

30SoG3767 they triedG2212 to seizeG4084 HimG846, butG2532 no oneG3762 laidG1911 a handG5495 onG1909 HimG846, becauseG3754 HisG846 hourG5610 had not yetG3768 comeG2064. 31ManyG4183 inG1537 theG3588 crowdG3793, howeverG1161, believedG4100 inG1519 HimG846 andG2532 saidG2036, “WhenG3752 theG3588 ChristG5547 comesG2064, will He performG3361G4160 moreG4119 signsG4592 thanG3739 thisG3778 man?”

32When theG3588 PhariseesG5330 heardG191 theG3588 crowdG3793 whisperingG1111 these thingsG3778 aboutG4012 Jesus, they andG2532 theG3588 chief priestsG749 sentG649 officersG5257 toG2443 arrestG4084 HimG846. 33SoG3767 JesusG2424 saidG2036, “I amG1510 withG3326 youG4771 onlyG2089 a little whileG3398 longerG5550, and thenG2532 I am goingG5217 toG4314 theG3588 One who sentG3992 MeG1473. 34You will look forG2212 MeG1473, but you will not findG3756G2147 MeG1473; andG2532 whereG3699 IG1473 amG1510, youG4771 cannotG3756G1410 comeG2064.”

35At thisG3767, theG3588 JewsG2453 saidG2036 toG4314 one anotherG1438, “WhereG4226 does HeG3778 intendG3195 to goG4198 thatG3754 weG1473 will not findG3756G2147 HimG846? Will HeG3361G3195 goG4198 whereG1519 theG3588 Jews are dispersedG1290 among theG3588 GreeksG1672,4 andG2532 teachG1321 theG3588 GreeksG1672? 36WhatG5101 does He meanG1510G3778G3588G3056 byG3739 sayingG2036, ‘You will look forG2212 MeG1473, but you will not findG3756G2147 MeG1473,’ andG2532, ‘WhereG3699 IG1473 amG1510, youG4771 cannotG3756G1410 comeG2064’?”

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Living Water

OnG1722 theG3588 lastG2078 and greatestG3173 dayG2250 of theG3588 feastG1859, JesusG2424 stood upG2476 andG2532 called out in a loud voiceG2896G3004, “IfG1437 anyoneG5100 is thirstyG1372, let him comeG2064 toG4314 MeG1473 andG2532 drinkG4095. 38WhoeverG3588 believesG4100 inG1519 MeG1473, asG2531 theG3588 ScriptureG1124 has saidG2036: ‘StreamsG4215 of livingG2198 waterG5204 will flowG4482 fromG1537 within himG846.’” 39He was speakingG3778G2036 aboutG4012 theG3588 SpiritG4151, whomG3739 those whoG3588 believedG4100 inG1519 HimG846 were laterG3195 to receiveG2983. ForG1063 the SpiritG4151 hadG1510 not yetG3768 been given,5 becauseG3754 JesusG2424 had not yetG3764 been glorifiedG1392.

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Division over Jesus

On hearingG191 theseG3778 wordsG3056, some ofG1537 theG3588 peopleG3793 saidG2036, “ThisG3778 isG1510 trulyG230 theG3588 ProphetG4396.”

41OthersG243 declaredG2036, “ThisG3778 isG1510 theG3588 ChristG5547.”

ButG1161 still othersG3588 askedG2036, “How can theG3588 ChristG5547 comeG2064 fromG1537 GalileeG1056? 42Doesn’tG3756 theG3588 ScriptureG1124 sayG2036 thatG3754 theG3588 ChristG5547 will comeG2064 fromG1537 theG3588 lineG4690 of DavidG1138 andG2532 fromG575 BethlehemG965, theG3588 villageG2968 whereG3699 DavidG1138 livedG1510?6”

43SoG3767 there wasG1096 divisionG4978 inG1722 theG3588 crowdG3793 because ofG1223 Jesus. 44SomeG5100 ofG1537 themG846 wantedG2309 to seizeG4084 HimG846, butG235 no oneG3762 laidG1911 a handG5495 onG1909 HimG846.

The Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders

45ThenG3767 theG3588 officersG5257 returnedG2064 toG4314 theG3588 chief priestsG749 andG2532 PhariseesG5330, who askedG2036 themG846, “WhyG1223G5101 didn’t you bringG3756G71 Him inG846?”

46“Never hasG3763 anyoneG444 spokenG2980 likeG5613 thisG3778 manG444!” theG3588 officersG5257 answeredG611.

47“Have youG4771 alsoG3361G2532 been deceivedG4105?” repliedG611 theG3588 PhariseesG5330. 48“HaveG3361 anyG5100 ofG1537 theG3588 rulersG758 orG2228 PhariseesG5330 believedG4100 inG1519 HimG846? 49ButG235 thisG3778 crowdG3793 thatG3588 does not knowG3361G1097 theG3588 lawG3551—they areG1510 under a curseG1944.”

50NicodemusG3530, whoG3588 had goneG2064 toG4314 Jesus earlierG4386 and who himself wasG1510 oneG1520 ofG1537 themG846, askedG3004, 51“Does ourG1473 lawG3551 convictG3361G2919 a manG444 withoutG1437G3361 firstG4412 hearingG191 fromG3844 himG846 to determineG1097 whatG5101 he has doneG4160?”

52“Aren’tG1510G3361 youG4771 alsoG2532 fromG1537 GalileeG1056?” they repliedG611G2532G2036G846. “Look into itG2045, andG2532 you will seeG2400 thatG3754 noG3756 prophetG4396 comesG1453 out ofG1537 GalileeG1056.”7

53ThenG2532 eachG1538 wentG4198 toG1519 his ownG846 homeG3624.