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7Later Jesus was going about his business in Galilee. He didn't want to travel in Judea because the Jews there were looking for a chance to kill him.G2532G3326G5023G2424G4043G1722G1056G1063G2309G3756G4043G1722G2449G3754G2453G2212G615G846 2It was near the time of Tabernacles, a feast observed annually by the Jews.G1161G2453G1859G4634G2258G1451 3His brothers said, "Why don't you leave here and go up to the Feast so your disciples can get a good look at the works you do?G846G80G3767G2036G4314G846G3327G1782G2532G5217G1519G2449G2443G4675G3101G2532G2334G2041G3739G4675G4160 4No one who intends to be publicly known does everything behind the scenes. If you're serious about what you are doing, come out in the open and show the world."G1063G3762G4160G5100G1722G2927G2532G846G2212G1511G1722G3954G1487G4160G5023G5319G4572G2889 5His brothers were pushing him like this because they didn't believe in him either.G1063G3761G4100G846G80G4100G1519G846 6Jesus came back at them, "Don't crowd me. This isn't my time. It's your time—it's always your time; you have nothing to lose.G3767G2424G3004G846G1699G2540G3918G3768G3918G1161G5212G2540G2076G3842G2092 7The world has nothing against you, but it's up in arms against me. It's against me because I expose the evil behind its pretensions.G2889G3756G1410G3404G5209G1161G1691G3404G3754G1473G3140G4012G846G3754G2041G846G2076G4190 8You go ahead, go up to the Feast. Don't wait for me. I'm not ready. It's not the right time for me."G305G5210G305G1519G5026G1859G1473G305G3768G305G3768G1519G5026G1859G3754G1699G2540G4137G3768G4137 9He said this and stayed on in Galilee.G1161G2036G5023G846G3306G1722G1056 10But later, after his family had gone up to the Feast, he also went. But he kept out of the way, careful not to draw attention to himself.G1161G5613G846G80G305G5119G305G846G2532G305G1519G1859G3756G5320G235G5613G1722G2927 11The Jews were already out looking for him, asking around, "Where is that man?"G3767G2453G2212G846G1722G1859G2532G3004G4226G2076G1565 12There was a lot of contentious talk about him circulating through the crowds. Some were saying, "He's a good man." But others said, "Not so. He's selling snake oil."G2532G2258G4183G1112G1722G3793G4012G846G3303G3004G3754G2076G18G1161G243G3004G3756G235G4105G3793 13This kind of talk went on in guarded whispers because of the intimidating Jewish leaders.G3305G3762G2980G3954G4012G846G1223G5401G2453

Could It Be the Messiah?

14With the Feast already half over, Jesus showed up in the Temple, teaching.G2235G1161G3322G1859G2424G305G1519G2411G2532G1321 15The Jews were impressed, but puzzled: "How does he know so much without being schooled?"G2532G2453G2296G3004G4459G1492G3778G1121G3129G3361G3129 16Jesus said, "I didn't make this up. What I teach comes from the One who sent me.G2424G611G846G2532G2036G1699G1322G2076G3756G1699G235G3992G3165 17Anyone who wants to do his will can test this teaching and know whether it's from God or whether I'm making it up.G1437G5100G2309G4160G846G2307G1097G4012G1322G4220G2076G1537G2316G2228G1473G2980G575G1683 18A person making things up tries to make himself look good. But someone trying to honor the one who sent him sticks to the facts and doesn't tamper with reality.G2980G575G1438G2212G2398G1391G1161G2212G1391G3992G846G3778G2076G227G2532G3756G93G2076G1722G846 19It was Moses, wasn't it, who gave you God's Law? But none of you are living it. So why are you trying to kill me?"G1325G3756G3475G1325G5213G3551G2532G3762G1537G5216G4160G3551G5101G2212G615G3165 20The crowd said, "You're crazy! Who's trying to kill you? You're demon-possessed."G3793G611G2532G2036G2192G1140G5101G2212G615G4571 21Jesus said, "I did one miraculous thing a few months ago, and you're still standing around getting all upset, wondering what I'm up to.G2424G611G2532G2036G846G4160G1520G2041G2532G2296G3956G2296 22Moses prescribed circumcision—originally it came not from Moses but from his ancestors—and so you circumcise a man, dealing with one part of his body, even if it's the Sabbath.G3475G1223G5124G1325G5213G4061G3756G3754G2076G1537G3475G235G1537G3962G2532G4059G1722G4521G4059G444 23You do this in order to preserve one item in the Law of Moses. So why are you upset with me because I made a man's whole body well on the Sabbath?G1487G444G1722G4521G2983G4061G3363G3551G3475G3089G3363G3089G5520G1698G3754G4160G444G3650G5199G1722G4521 24Don't be nitpickers; use your head—and heart!—to discern what is right, to test what is authentically right."G2919G3361G2596G3799G235G2919G1342G2920 25That's when some of the people of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this the one they were out to kill?G3767G3004G5100G1537G2415G2076G3756G3778G3739G2212G615 26And here he is out in the open, saying whatever he pleases, and no one is stopping him. Could it be that the rulers know that he is, in fact, the Messiah?G2532G2396G2980G3954G2532G3004G3762G846G1097G758G1097G3379G230G3754G3778G2076G230G5547 27And yet we know where this man came from. The Messiah is going to come out of nowhere. Nobody is going to know where he comes from."G235G1492G5126G4159G2076G1161G3752G5547G2064G3762G1097G4159G2076 28That provoked Jesus, who was teaching in the Temple, to cry out, "Yes, you think you know me and where I'm from, but that's not where I'm from. I didn't set myself up in business. My true origin is in the One who sent me, and you don't know him at all.G3767G2896G2424G1722G2411G1321G2532G3004G2504G1492G2532G1492G4159G1510G2532G2064G3756G2064G575G1683G235G3992G3165G2076G228G3739G5210G1492G3756 29I come from him—that's how I know him. He sent me here."G1161G1473G1492G846G3754G1510G3844G846G2548G649G3165 30They were looking for a way to arrest him, but not a hand was laid on him because it wasn't yet God's time.G3767G2212G4084G846G2532G3762G1911G5495G1909G846G3754G846G5610G2064G3768G2064 31Many from the crowd committed themselves in faith to him, saying, "Will the Messiah, when he comes, provide better or more convincing evidence than this?"G1161G4183G1537G3793G4100G1519G846G2532G3004G3754G3752G5547G2064G3385G4160G4119G4592G5130G3739G3778G4160 32The Pharisees, alarmed at this seditious undertow going through the crowd, teamed up with the high priests and sent their police to arrest him.G5330G191G3793G1111G5023G4012G846G2532G5330G2532G749G649G5257G2443G4084G846 33Jesus rebuffed them: "I am with you only a short time. Then I go on to the One who sent me.G3767G2036G2424G846G2089G3398G5550G1510G3326G5216G2532G5217G4314G3992G3165 34You will look for me, but you won't find me. Where I am, you can't come."G2212G3165G2532G2147G3756G2147G2532G3699G1473G1510G5210G3756G1410G2064 35The Jews put their heads together. "Where do you think he is going that we won't be able to find him? Do you think he is about to travel to the Greek world to teach the Jews?G3767G2036G2453G4314G1438G4226G3195G3778G4198G3754G2249G2147G3756G2147G846G3361G3195G4198G1519G1290G1672G2532G1321G1672 36What is he talking about, anyway: 'You will look for me, but you won't find me,' and 'Where I am, you can't come'?"G5101G3056G2076G3778G3739G2036G2212G3165G2532G2147G3756G2147G2532G3699G1473G1510G5210G3756G1410G2064 37On the final and climactic day of the Feast, Jesus took his stand. He cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.G1161G1722G2078G2250G3173G1859G2424G2476G2532G2896G3004G1437G5100G1372G2064G4314G3165G2532G4095 38Rivers of living water will brim and spill out of the depths of anyone who believes in me this way, just as the Scripture says."G4100G1519G1691G2531G1124G2036G1537G846G2836G4482G4215G2198G5204 39(He said this in regard to the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. The Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)G1161G5124G2036G4012G4151G3739G4100G1519G846G3195G2983G1063G40G4151G2258G3768G3754G2424G1392G3764G1392 40Those in the crowd who heard these words were saying, "This has to be the Prophet."G4183G1537G3793G3767G191G3056G3004G230G3778G2076G4396 41Others said, "He is the Messiah!" But others were saying, "The Messiah doesn't come from Galilee, does he?G243G3004G3778G2076G5547G1161G243G3004G1063G3361G5547G2064G1537G1056 42Don't the Scriptures tell us that the Messiah comes from David's line and from Bethlehem, David's village?"G3780G1124G2036G3754G5547G2064G1537G4690G1138G2532G575G2968G965G3699G1138G2258 43So there was a split in the crowd over him.G3767G1096G4978G1722G3793G1223G846 44Some went so far as wanting to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him.G1161G5100G1537G846G2309G4084G846G235G3762G1911G5495G1909G846 45That's when the Temple police reported back to the high priests and Pharisees, who demanded, "Why didn't you bring him with you?"G3767G2064G5257G4314G749G2532G5330G2532G1565G2036G846G1302G71G3756G71G846 46The police answered, "Have you heard the way he talks? We've never heard anyone speak like this man."G5257G611G3763G444G3779G2980G5613G3778G444 47The Pharisees said, "Are you carried away like the rest of the rabble?G3767G611G846G5330G4105G5210G2532G4105G3361 48You don't see any of the leaders believing in him, do you? Or any from the Pharisees?G3387G1537G758G2228G1537G5330G4100G1519G846 49It's only this crowd, ignorant of God's Law, that is taken in by him—and damned."G235G3778G3793G3588G1097G3361G3551G1526G1944 50Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus earlier and was both a ruler and a Pharisee, spoke up.G3530G3004G4314G846G2064G846G4314G3571G5607G1520G1537G846 51"Does our Law decide about a man's guilt without first listening to him and finding out what he is doing?"G2919G2257G3551G2919G3361G444G4386G3362G191G3844G846G2532G1097G5101G4160 52But they cut him off. "Are you also campaigning for the Galilean?G611G2532G2036G846G3361G1488G4771G2532G1537G1056G2045G2532G1492G3754G1537G1056G1453G3756G4396 53Examine the evidence. See if any prophet ever comes from Galilee." Then they all went home.G2532G1538G4198G1519G846G3624


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