{"book":"John","slug":"john","ch":7,"genre":"prose","sub":"The Gospel according to John","prev":"john/6","next":"john/8","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews [there] were trying to kill Him.","f":[],"h":"Jesus Teaches at the Feast","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.","f":["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)."]},{"v":3,"t":"So [Jesus’] brothers said to Him,“ Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples [there] may see [the] works You are doing.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"For no one [who] wants to be [known] publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"For [even] His [own] brothers did {not} believe in Him.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"Therefore Jesus told them,“ Although your time is always at hand, My time {has} not yet come.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Therefore Jesus told them,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Although your time is always at hand, My time {has} not yet come."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"Go up to the feast on your own. I {am} not going up to this feast, because My time {has} not yet come.”","f":["NE, WH, BYZ, and TR I am not yet"]},{"v":9,"t":"Having said [this], [Jesus] remained in Galilee.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"But [after] His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went — not publicly, but in secret.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking,“ Where is He?”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said,“ He is a good [man].” But others replied,“ No, He deceives the people.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said,“ He is a good [man].”"},{"style":"reg","t":"But others replied,“ No, He deceives the people.”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple [courts] and began to teach.","f":["Literally the temple; also in verse 28"],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"The Jews were amazed [and] asked,“ How {did} this [man] attain [such] learning without having studied?”","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"“ My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied.“ [It comes] from Him who sent Me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"“ My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied."},{"style":"red","t":"“ [It comes] from Him who sent Me."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether [My] teaching is from God or [whether] I speak on My own.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"{Has} not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps [it]. Why are you trying to kill Me?”","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"“ You have a demon,” the crowd replied.“ Who is trying to kill You?”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"Jesus answered them,“ I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Jesus answered them,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ I did one miracle, and you are all amazed."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"[But] because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on [the] Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"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?","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"Stop judging by outward appearances, [and start] judging justly.”","f":[]},{"v":25,"t":"Then some of the [people] of Jerusalem began to say,“ Isn’t this [the man] they are trying to kill?","f":[],"h":"Is Jesus the Christ?","style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying [anything] to Him. {Have} the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?","f":[]},{"v":27,"t":"But we know where this [man] is {from}. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is {from}.”","f":[]},{"v":28,"t":"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,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple [courts], cried out,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ 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,"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":29,"t":"but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”","f":[]},{"v":30,"t":"So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour {had} not yet come.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":31,"t":"Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said,“ When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this [man]?”","f":[]},{"v":32,"t":"[When] the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about [Jesus], [they] and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":33,"t":"So Jesus said,“ I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the [One who] sent Me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"So Jesus said,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the [One who] sent Me."}],"style":"red"},{"v":34,"t":"You will look for Me, [but] you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”","f":[]},{"v":35,"t":"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, and teach the Greeks?","f":["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."],"style":"reg"},{"v":36,"t":"What does He mean by saying,‘ You will look for Me, [but] you will not find Me,’ and,‘ Where I am, you cannot come ’?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"What does He mean by saying,"},{"style":"red","t":"‘ You will look for Me, [but] you will not find Me,’ and,"},{"style":"red","t":"‘ Where I am, you cannot come ’?”"}],"style":"red"},{"v":37,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"On the last [and] greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink."}],"h":"Living Water","style":"reg"},{"v":38,"t":"Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said:‘ Streams of living water will flow from [within] him.’”","f":[]},{"v":39,"t":"He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For [the] Spirit had not yet [been given], because Jesus {had} not yet been glorified.","f":["Literally the Spirit was not yet; BYZ and TR the Holy Spirit was not yet"]},{"v":40,"t":"On hearing these words, [some] of the people said,“ This is truly the Prophet.”","f":[],"h":"Division over Jesus","style":"reg"},{"v":41,"t":"Others declared,“ This is the Christ.” But still others asked,“ [How can] the Christ come from Galilee?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Others declared,“ This is the Christ.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"But still others asked,“ [How can] the Christ come from Galilee?"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":42,"t":"Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”","f":["See Micah 5:2."]},{"v":43,"t":"So there was division in the crowd because of [Jesus].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":44,"t":"Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.","f":[]},{"v":45,"t":"Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, [who] asked them,“ Why didn’t you bring Him {in}?”","f":[],"h":"The Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders","style":"reg"},{"v":46,"t":"“ Never {has} anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":47,"t":"“ {Have} you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":48,"t":"“ {Have} any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?","f":[]},{"v":49,"t":"But this crowd that does not know the law — they are under a curse.”","f":[]},{"v":50,"t":"Nicodemus, who had gone to [Jesus] earlier [and who himself] was one of them, asked,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":51,"t":"“ {Does} our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”","f":[]},{"v":52,"t":"“ Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied.“ Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”","f":["Some early manuscripts do not include John 7:53 through John 8:11."],"style":"reg"},{"v":53,"t":"Then each went to his own home.","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}