John 7
7After this, Jesus went around in Galilee, purposely staying away from Judea because the Jews there were waiting to take his life.G2532G3326G5023G2424G4043G1722G1056G1063G2309G3756G4043G1722G2449G3754G2453G2212G615G8462But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near,G1161G2453G1859G4634G2258G14513Jesus' brothers said to him, "You ought to leave here and go to Judea, so that your disciples may see the miracles you do.G846G80G3767G2036G4314G846G3327G1782G2532G5217G1519G2449G2443G4675G3101G2532G2334G2041G3739G4675G41604No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."G1063G3762G4160G5100G1722G2927G2532G846G2212G1511G1722G3954G1487G4160G5023G5319G4572G28895For even his own brothers did not believe in him.G1063G3761G4100G846G80G4100G1519G8466Therefore Jesus told them, "The right time for me has not yet come; for you any time is right.G3767G2424G3004G846G1699G2540G3918G3768G3918G1161G5212G2540G2076G3842G20927The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil.G2889G3756G1410G3404G5209G1161G1691G3404G3754G1473G3140G4012G846G3754G2041G846G2076G41908You go to the Feast. I am not yet going up to this Feast, because for me the right time has not yet come."G305G5210G305G1519G5026G1859G1473G305G3768G305G3768G1519G5026G1859G3754G1699G2540G4137G3768G41379Having said this, he stayed in Galilee.G1161G2036G5023G846G3306G1722G105610However, after his brothers had left for the Feast, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.G1161G5613G846G80G305G5119G305G846G2532G305G1519G1859G3756G5320G235G5613G1722G292711Now at the Feast the Jews were watching for him and asking, "Where is that man?"G3767G2453G2212G846G1722G1859G2532G3004G4226G2076G156512Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others replied, "No, he deceives the people."G2532G2258G4183G1112G1722G3793G4012G846G3303G3004G3754G2076G18G1161G243G3004G3756G235G4105G379313But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the Jews.G3305G3762G2980G3954G4012G846G1223G5401G245314Not until halfway through the Feast did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.G2235G1161G3322G1859G2424G305G1519G2411G2532G132115The Jews were amazed and asked, "How did this man get such learning without having studied?"G2532G2453G2296G3004G4459G1492G3778G1121G3129G3361G312916Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me.G2424G611G846G2532G2036G1699G1322G2076G3756G1699G235G3992G316517If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.G1437G5100G2309G4160G846G2307G1097G4012G1322G4220G2076G1537G2316G2228G1473G2980G575G168318He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.G2980G575G1438G2212G2398G1391G1161G2212G1391G3992G846G3778G2076G227G2532G3756G93G2076G1722G84619Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?"G1325G3756G3475G1325G5213G3551G2532G3762G1537G5216G4160G3551G5101G2212G615G316520"You are demon-possessed," the crowd answered. "Who is trying to kill you?"G3793G611G2532G2036G2192G1140G5101G2212G615G457121Jesus said to them, "I did one miracle, and you are all astonished.G2424G611G2532G2036G846G4160G1520G2041G2532G2296G3956G229622Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a child on the Sabbath.G3475G1223G5124G1325G5213G4061G3756G3754G2076G1537G3475G235G1537G3962G2532G4059G1722G4521G4059G44423Now if a child can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing the whole man on the Sabbath?G1487G444G1722G4521G2983G4061G3363G3551G3475G3089G3363G3089G5520G1698G3754G4160G444G3650G5199G1722G452124Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment."G2919G3361G2596G3799G235G2919G1342G292025At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?G3767G3004G5100G1537G2415G2076G3756G3778G3739G2212G61526Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Christ?G2532G2396G2980G3954G2532G3004G3762G846G1097G758G1097G3379G230G3754G3778G2076G230G554727But we know where this man is from; when the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from."G235G1492G5126G4159G2076G1161G3752G5547G2064G3762G1097G4159G207628Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him,G3767G2896G2424G1722G2411G1321G2532G3004G2504G1492G2532G1492G4159G1510G2532G2064G3756G2064G575G1683G235G3992G3165G2076G228G3739G5210G1492G375629but I know him because I am from him and he sent me."G1161G1473G1492G846G3754G1510G3844G846G2548G649G316530At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.G3767G2212G4084G846G2532G3762G1911G5495G1909G846G3754G846G5610G2064G3768G206431Still, many in the crowd put their faith in him. They said, "When the Christ comes, will he do more miraculous signs than this man?"G1161G4183G1537G3793G4100G1519G846G2532G3004G3754G3752G5547G2064G3385G4160G4119G4592G5130G3739G3778G416032The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.G5330G191G3793G1111G5023G4012G846G2532G5330G2532G749G649G5257G2443G4084G84633Jesus said, "I am with you for only a short time, and then I go to the one who sent me.G3767G2036G2424G846G2089G3398G5550G1510G3326G5216G2532G5217G4314G3992G316534You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come."G2212G3165G2532G2147G3756G2147G2532G3699G1473G1510G5210G3756G1410G206435The Jews said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?G3767G2036G2453G4314G1438G4226G3195G3778G4198G3754G2249G2147G3756G2147G846G3361G3195G4198G1519G1290G1672G2532G1321G167236What did he mean when he said, 'You will look for me, but you will not find me,' and'Where I am, you cannot come'?"G5101G3056G2076G3778G3739G2036G2212G3165G2532G2147G3756G2147G2532G3699G1473G1510G5210G3756G1410G206437On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.G1161G1722G2078G2250G3173G1859G2424G2476G2532G2896G3004G1437G5100G1372G2064G4314G3165G2532G409538Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."G4100G1519G1691G2531G1124G2036G1537G846G2836G4482G4215G2198G520439By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.G1161G5124G2036G4012G4151G3739G4100G1519G846G3195G2983G1063G40G4151G2258G3768G3754G2424G1392G3764G139240On hearing his words, some of the people said, "Surely this man is the Prophet."G4183G1537G3793G3767G191G3056G3004G230G3778G2076G439641Others said, "He is the Christ." Still others asked, "How can the Christ come from Galilee?G243G3004G3778G2076G5547G1161G243G3004G1063G3361G5547G2064G1537G105642Does not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?"G3780G1124G2036G3754G5547G2064G1537G4690G1138G2532G575G2968G965G3699G1138G225843Thus the people were divided because of Jesus.G3767G1096G4978G1722G3793G1223G84644Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.G1161G5100G1537G846G2309G4084G846G235G3762G1911G5495G1909G84645Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why didn't you bring him in?"G3767G2064G5257G4314G749G2532G5330G2532G1565G2036G846G1302G71G3756G71G84646"No one ever spoke the way this man does," the guards declared.G5257G611G3763G444G3779G2980G5613G3778G44447"You mean he has deceived you also?" the Pharisees retorted.G3767G611G846G5330G4105G5210G2532G4105G336148"Has any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?G3387G1537G758G2228G1537G5330G4100G1519G84649No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law--there is a curse on them."G235G3778G3793G3588G1097G3361G3551G1526G194450Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked,G3530G3004G4314G846G2064G846G4314G3571G5607G1520G1537G84651"Does our law condemn anyone without first hearing him to find out what he is doing?"G2919G2257G3551G2919G3361G444G4386G3362G191G3844G846G2532G1097G5101G416052They replied, "Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee." The earliest and most reliable manuscripts and other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53-8:11.G611G2532G2036G846G3361G1488G4771G2532G1537G1056G2045G2532G1492G3754G1537G1056G1453G3756G439653Then each went to his own home.G2532G1538G4198G1519G846G3624
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