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The Gospel According to St. John

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- Chapter 7 -

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After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
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However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles (a) was near.
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So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.
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For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”
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For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.
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Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
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The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
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Go up to the feast on your own. I am not (b) going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
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Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee.
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But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
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So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
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Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
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Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
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About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts (c) and began to teach.
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The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
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“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
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If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
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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.
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Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
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“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
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Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.
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But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
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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?
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Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

Is Jesus the Christ?

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Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
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Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
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But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”
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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,
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but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”
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So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
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Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
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When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
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So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.
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You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
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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,(d) and teach the Greeks?
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What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

Living Water

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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.
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Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
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He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given,(e) because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Division over Jesus

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On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
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Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
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Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?(f)”
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So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.
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Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.

The Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders

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Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
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“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
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“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
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“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
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But this crowd that does not know the law, they are under a curse.”
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Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
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“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
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“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”(g)
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Then each went to his own home.

Footnotes

(a)7:2 That is, Sukkot, the autumn feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; also translated as the Feast of Booths or the Feast of Shelters and originally called the Feast of Ingathering (see Exodus 23:16 and Exodus 34:22).
(b)7:8 NE, WH, BYZ, and TR I am not yet
(c)7:14 Literally the temple; also in verse 28
(d)7:35 Literally Will He go to the Diaspora among the Greeks; the Jewish people living outside the land of Israel since the Babylonian exile were referred to as the Diaspora.
(e)7:39 Literally the Spirit was not yet; BYZ and TR the Holy Spirit was not yet
(f)7:42 See Micah 5:2.
(g)7:52 Early manuscripts do not include John 7:53 through John 8:11.
1
After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
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Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.
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His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.
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For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”
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For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.
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Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
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The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
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You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”
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Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.
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But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
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The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”
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There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”
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Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
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But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
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The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
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Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
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If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God or if I am speaking from myself.
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He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
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Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
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The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
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Jesus answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it.
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Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
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If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
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Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

Is Jesus the Christ?

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Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?
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Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
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However, we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
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Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t know.
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I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”
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They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
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But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, he won’t do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?”
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The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
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Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
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You will seek me and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”
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The Jews therefore said among themselves, “Where will this man go that we won’t find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
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What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?”

Living Water

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Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
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He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
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But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.

Division over Jesus

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Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
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Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
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Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring(a) of David, (b) and from Bethlehem,(c) the village where David was?”
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So a division arose in the multitude because of him.
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Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.

The Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders

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The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”
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The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”
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The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?
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Have any of the rulers or any of the Pharisees believed in him?
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But this multitude that doesn’t know the law is cursed.”
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Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,
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“Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”
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They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”(d)
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Everyone went to his own house,

Footnotes

(a)7:42 or, seed
(b)7:42 ℘ 2Samuel 7:12
(c)7:42 ℘ Micah 5:2
(d)7:52 ℘ See Isaiah 9:1; Matthew 4:13-16
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