John 7 - LSB Bible Online

John 7

Jesus Teaches at the Feast of Booths

And after these things Jesus ^awas walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because ^bthe Jews ^cwere seeking to kill Him. 2 Now the feast of the Jews, ^athe Feast of Booths, was near. 3 Therefore His ^abrothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your ^bdisciples also may see Your works which You are doing. 4 For no one does anything in secret ¹when he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself publicly to the world.” 5 For not even His ^abrothers were believing in Him. 6 So Jesus *said to them, “^aMy time is not yet here, but your time is always here. 7 ^aThe world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I bear witness about it, that ^bits deeds are evil. 8 Go up to the feast yourselves; I am not ¹yet going up to this feast because ^aMy time has not yet been fulfilled.” 9 Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.
10 But when His ^abrothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as in secret. 11 ^aSo the Jews ^bwere seeking Him at the feast and saying, “Where is He?” 12 And there was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; ^asome were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He leads the crowd astray.” 13 Yet no one was speaking openly about Him for ^afear of the Jews.
14 But when it was now the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to ^ateach. 15 ^aThe Jews then were marveling, saying, “How has this man ^bbecome learned, not having been educated?” 16 So Jesus answered them and said, “^aMy teaching is not Mine, but from Him who sent Me. 17 ^aIf anyone is willing to do His will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God or I speak from Myself. 18 He who speaks from himself ^aseeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
19 “^aDid not Moses give you the Law? And yet none of you does the Law. Why do you ^bseek to kill Me?” 20 The crowd answered, “^aYou have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?” 21 Jesus answered them, “I did ^aone work, and you all marvel. 22 For this reason ^aMoses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from ^bthe fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man. 23 ^aIf a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath? 24 Do not ^ajudge according to appearance, but ¹judge with righteous judgment.”
25 So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill? 26 And look, He is speaking openly, and they are saying nothing to Him. ^aDo the rulers truly know that this is the ¹Christ? 27 However, ^awe know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.” 28 Then Jesus cried out in the temple, ^ateaching and saying, “^bYou both know Me and know where I am from; and ^cI have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. 29 ^aI know Him, because ^bI am from Him, and ^cHe sent Me.” 30 So they ^awere seeking to seize Him; ¹yet no man laid his hand on Him, because His ^bhour had not yet come. 31 But ^amany of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “^bWhen the ¹Christ comes, will He do more ²^csigns than this man did?”
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd ¹whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ^aofficers to ^bseize Him. 33 Therefore Jesus said, “^aFor a little while longer I am with you, then ^bI go to Him who sent Me. 34 ^aYou will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.” 35 ^aThe Jews then said to one another, “^bWhere does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? Is He intending to go to ^cthe Dispersion among ^dthe Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What is this statement that He said, ‘^aYou will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”
37 Now on ^athe last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “¹^bIf anyone is thirsty, ²let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, ^aas the Scripture said, ‘From ¹his innermost being will flow rivers of ^bliving water.’” 39 But this He spoke ^aof the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were going to receive; for ^bthe Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^cglorified.

Division of People over Jesus

40 Some of the crowd therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is ^athe Prophet.” 41 Others were saying, “This is the ¹Christ.” Still others were saying, “^aNo, for is the ¹Christ going to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from ^athe seed of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So ^aa division occurred in the crowd because of Him. 44 ^aSome of them were wanting to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
45 The ^aofficers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” 46 The ^aofficers answered, “^bNever has a man spoken like this!” 47 The Pharisees then answered them, “^aHave you also been led astray? 48 ^aHave any of ^bthe rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? 49 But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.” 50 ^aNicodemus (he who came to Him before), being one of them, *said to them, 51 “^aDoes our Law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing?” 52 They answered him, “^aAre you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” 53 ¹[Everyone went to his home.

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