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If You do these things, show Yourself publicly to the world.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For not even His brothers were believing in Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So Jesus said to them, <span class="red">“My time is not yet here, but your time is always here.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="red">The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I bear witness about it, that its deeds are evil.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="red">Go up to the feast yourselves; I am not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>yet going up to this feast because My time has not yet been fulfilled.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as in secret. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So the Jews were seeking Him at the feast and saying, “Where is He?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And there was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; some were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He leads the crowd astray.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Yet no one was speaking openly about Him for fear of the Jews. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But when it was now the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and <i>began to</i> teach. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The Jews then were marveling, saying, “How has this man become learned, not having been educated?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So Jesus answered them and said, <span class="red">“My teaching is not Mine, but from Him who sent Me.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="red">If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God or I speak from Myself.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">He who speaks from himself seeks 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.</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">“Did not Moses give you the Law? And <i>yet</i> none of you does the Law. Why do you seek to kill Me?”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Jesus answered them, <span class="red">“I did one work, and you all marvel.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="red">For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on <i>the</i> Sabbath you circumcise a man.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="red">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 <i>the</i> Sabbath?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">Do not judge according to appearance, but <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>judge with righteous judgment.”</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And look, He is speaking openly, and they are saying nothing to Him. Do the rulers truly know that this is the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Christ? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>However, we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, <span class="red">“You both know Me and know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="red">I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>So they were seeking to seize Him; <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>yet no man laid his hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “When the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Christ comes, will He do more <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>signs than this man did?” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>The Pharisees heard the crowd <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Therefore Jesus said, <span class="red">“For a little while longer I am with you, then I go to Him who sent Me.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="red">You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The Jews then said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? Is He intending to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>What is this statement that He said, <span class="red">‘You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’</span>?” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Now on the last day, the great <i>day</i> of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, <span class="red">“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>If anyone is thirsty, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>let him come to Me and drink.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="red">He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were going to receive; for the Spirit was not yet <i>given</i>, because Jesus was not yet glorified. <p class="hdg">Division of People over Jesus</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><i>Some</i> of the crowd therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is the Prophet.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Others were saying, “This is the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Christ.” Still others were saying, “<i>No</i>, for is the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Christ going to come from Galilee? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>So a division occurred in the crowd because of Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Some of them were wanting to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>The officers answered, “Never has a man spoken like this!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>The Pharisees then answered them, “Have you also been led astray? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Nicodemus (he who came to Him before), being one of them, said to them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>“Does our Law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/7-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>[<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Everyone went to his home.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>and</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Some early mss omit <i>yet</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Lit <i>judge the righteous judgment</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Messiah<br><span class="fnverse">30</span> Lit <i>and</i><br><span class="fnverse">31</span> Messiah<br><span class="fnverse">31</span> Or <i>attesting miracles</i><br><span class="fnverse">32</span> Or <i>grumbling</i><br><span class="fnverse">37</span> vv 37-38 may also be read: <i>If anyone is thirsty,...let him come..., he who believes in me as...</i><br><span class="fnverse">37</span> Or <i>let him keep coming to Me and let him keep drinking</i><br><span class="fnverse">38</span> Lit <i>out of his belly</i><br><span class="fnverse">41</span> Messiah<br><span class="fnverse">41</span> Messiah<br><span class="fnverse">53</span> Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as John 7:53-8:11<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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