Joh 7 | NASB1995 | STEP | After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee , for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.

John 7

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

1 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, ^dthe Feast of Booths, was near. 3 Therefore His ^ebrothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your ^fdisciples also may see Your works which You are doing. 4 “For no one does anything in secret ^{▼▼ Lit and}when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” 5 For not even His ^hbrothers were believing in Him. 6 So Jesus said to them, ⁱ“My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune. 7 ^j“The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that ^kits deeds are evil. 8 “Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because ^lMy time has not yet fully come.” 9 Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.

10 But when His ^mbrothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret. 11 ⁿSo the Jews ^owere seeking Him at the feast and were saying, “Where is He?” 12 There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; ^psome were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray.” 13 Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for ^qfear of the Jews.

14 But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to ^rteach. 15 ^sThe Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man ^tbecome learned, having never been educated?” 16 So Jesus answered them and said, ^u“My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 ^v“If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself. 18 “He who speaks from himself ^wseeks 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 ^x“Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you ^yseek to kill Me?” 20 The crowd answered, ^z“You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?” 21 Jesus answered them, “I did ^aaone ^{▼▼ Or work}deed, and you all marvel. 22 “For this reason ^acMoses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from ^adthe fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man. 23 ^ae“If 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 ^afjudge according to appearance, but ^{▼▼ Lit judge the righteous judgment}judge 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 “Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. ^ahThe rulers do not really know that this is ^{▼▼ I.e. the Messiah}the Christ, do they? 27 “However, ^ajwe know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from.” 28 Then Jesus cried out in the temple, ^akteaching and saying, ^al“You both know Me and know where I am from; and ^amI have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. 29 ^an“I know Him, because ^aoI am from Him, and ^apHe sent Me.” 30 So they ^aqwere seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His ^arhour had not yet come. 31 But ^asmany of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, ^at“When ^{▼▼ I.e. the Messiah}the Christ comes, He will not perform more ^{▼▼ Or attesting miracles
,} ^awsigns than those which this man has, will He?”

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ^axofficers to ^ayseize Him. 33 Therefore Jesus said, ^az“For a little while longer I am with you, then ^baI go to Him who sent Me. 34 ^bb“You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.” 35 ^bcThe Jews then said to one another, ^bd“Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to ^bethe Dispersion among ^bfthe Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He? 36 “What is this statement that He said, ‘ ^bgYou will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”

37 Now on ^bhthe last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ^{▼▼ Vv 37-38 may also be read: If anyone is thirsty,...let him come..., he who believes in me as...
,} ^bj“If anyone is thirsty, ^{▼▼ Or let him keep coming to Me and let him keep drinking}let him come to Me and drink. 38 “He who believes in Me, ^blas the Scripture said, ‘From ^{▼▼ Lit out of his belly}his innermost being will flow rivers of ^bnliving water.’” 39 But this He spoke ^boof the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ^bpthe Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^bqglorified.

Division of People over Jesus

40 Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is ^brthe Prophet.” 41 Others were saying, “This is ^{▼▼ I.e. the Messiah}the Christ.” Still others were saying, ^bt“Surely ^{▼▼ I.e. the Messiah}the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He? 42 “Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from ^bvthe descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So ^bwa division occurred in the crowd because of Him. 44 ^bxSome of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

45 The ^byofficers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” 46 The ^bzofficers answered, ^ca“Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks.” 47 The Pharisees then answered them, ^cb“You have not also been led astray, have you? 48 ^cc“No one of ^cdthe rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? 49 “But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.” 50 ^ceNicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) said to them, 51 ^cf“Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” 52 They answered him, ^cg“You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” 53 [ ^{▼▼ Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as Jhn.7.53-8:11}Everyone went to his home.