John 7 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

7 After these things Jesus ^(A)was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because ^(B)the Jews ^(C)were seeking to kill Him. ² Now the feast of the Jews, ^(D)the Feast of Booths, was near. ³ Therefore His ^(E)brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your ^(F)disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. ⁴ For no one does anything in secret ^[a]when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” ⁵ For not even His ^(G)brothers were believing in Him. ⁶ So Jesus *said to them, “^(H)My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune. ^{7 (I)}The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that ^(J)its deeds are evil. ⁸ Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because ^(K)My time has not yet fully come.” ⁹ Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.

¹⁰ But when His ^(L)brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret. ^{11 (M)}So the Jews ^(N)were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, “Where is He?” ¹² There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; ^(O)some 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 ^(P)fear of the Jews.

¹⁴ But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to ^(Q)teach. ^{15 (R)}The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man ^(S)become learned, having never been educated?” ¹⁶ So Jesus answered them and said, “^(T)My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. ^{17 (U)}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 ^(V)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.

¹⁹ “^(W)Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you ^(X)seek to kill Me?” ²⁰ The crowd answered, “^(Y)You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?” ²¹ Jesus answered them, “I did ^(Z)one ^[b]deed, and you all marvel. ²² For this reason ^(AA)Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from ^(AB)the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man. ^{23 (AC)}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 ^(AD)judge according to appearance, but ^[c]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. ^(AE)The rulers do not really know that this is ^[d]the Christ, do they? ²⁷ However, ^(AF)we 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, ^(AG)teaching and saying, “^(AH)You both know Me and know where I am from; and ^(AI)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. ^{29 (AJ)}I know Him, because ^(AK)I am from Him, and ^(AL)He sent Me.” ³⁰ So they ^(AM)were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His ^(AN)hour had not yet come. ³¹ But ^(AO)many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “^(AP)When ^[e]the Christ comes, He will not perform more ^[f](AQ)signs 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 ^(AR)officers to ^(AS)seize Him. ³³ Therefore Jesus said, “^(AT)For a little while longer I am with you, then ^(AU)I go to Him who sent Me. ^{34 (AV)}You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.” ^{35 (AW)}The Jews then said to one another, “^(AX)Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to ^(AY)the Dispersion among ^(AZ)the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He? ³⁶ What is this statement that He said, ‘^(BA)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”

³⁷ Now on ^(BB)the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “^[g](BC)If anyone is thirsty, ^[h]let him come to Me and drink. ³⁸ He who believes in Me, ^(BD)as the Scripture said, ‘From ^[i]his innermost being will flow rivers of ^(BE)living water.’” ³⁹ But this He spoke ^(BF)of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ^(BG)the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(BH)glorified.

Division of People over Jesus

⁴⁰ Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is ^(BI)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others were saying, “This is ^[j]the Christ.” Still others were saying, “^(BJ)Surely ^[k]the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He? ⁴² Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from ^(BK)the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” ⁴³ So ^(BL)a division occurred in the crowd because of Him. ^{44 (BM)}Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

⁴⁵ The ^(BN)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” ⁴⁶ The ^(BO)officers answered, “^(BP)Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks.” ⁴⁷ The Pharisees then answered them, “^(BQ)You have not also been led astray, have you? ^{48 (BR)}No one of ^(BS)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? ⁴⁹ But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.” ^{50 (BT)}Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them, ⁵¹ “^(BU)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, “^(BV)You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” ⁵³ [^[l]Everyone went to his home.

Footnotes

1. John 7:4 Lit and
2. John 7:21 Or work
3. John 7:24 Lit judge the righteous judgment
4. John 7:26 I.e. the Messiah
5. John 7:31 I.e. the Messiah
6. John 7:31 Or attesting miracles
7. John 7:37 Vv 37-38 may also be read: If anyone is thirsty,...let him come..., he who believes in me as...
8. John 7:37 Or let him keep coming to Me and let him keep drinking
9. John 7:38 Lit out of his belly
10. John 7:41 I.e. the Messiah
11. John 7:41 I.e. the Messiah
12. John 7:53 Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as John 7:53-8:11

Cross references

1. John 7:1 : John 4:3; 6:1; 11:54
2. John 7:1 : John 1:19; 7:11, 13, 15, 35
3. John 7:1 : John 5:18; 7:19; 8:37, 40; 11:53
4. John 7:2 : Lev 23:34; Deut 16:13, 16; Zech 14:16-19
5. John 7:3 : Matt 12:46; Mark 3:21; John 7:5, 10
6. John 7:3 : John 6:60
7. John 7:5 : Matt 12:46; Mark 3:21; John 7:3, 10
8. John 7:6 : Matt 26:18; John 2:4; 7:8, 30
9. John 7:7 : John 15:18f
10. John 7:7 : John 3:19f
11. John 7:8 : John 7:6
12. John 7:10 : Matt 12:46; Mark 3:21; John 7:3, 5
13. John 7:11 : John 7:13, 15, 35
14. John 7:11 : John 11:56
15. John 7:12 : John 7:40-43
16. John 7:13 : John 9:22; 12:42; 19:38; 20:19
17. John 7:14 : Matt 26:55; John 7:28
18. John 7:15 : John 1:19; 7:11, 13, 35
19. John 7:15 : Acts 26:24
20. John 7:16 : John 3:11
21. John 7:17 : Ps 25:9, 14; Prov 3:32; Dan 12:10; John 3:21; 8:43f
22. John 7:18 : John 5:41; 8:50, 54; 12:43
23. John 7:19 : John 1:17
24. John 7:19 : Mark 11:18; John 7:1
25. John 7:20 : Matt 11:18; John 8:48f, 52; 10:20
26. John 7:21 : John 5:2-9, 16; 7:23
27. John 7:22 : Lev 12:3
28. John 7:22 : Gen 17:10ff; 21:4; Acts 7:8
29. John 7:23 : Matt 12:2; John 5:9, 10
30. John 7:24 : Lev 19:15; Is 11:3; Zech 7:9; John 8:15
31. John 7:26 : Luke 23:13; John 3:1
32. John 7:27 : John 6:42; 7:41f; 9:29
33. John 7:28 : John 7:14
34. John 7:28 : John 6:42; 7:14f; 9:29
35. John 7:28 : John 8:42
36. John 7:29 : Matt 11:27; John 8:55; 17:25
37. John 7:29 : John 6:46
38. John 7:29 : John 3:17
39. John 7:30 : Matt 21:46; John 7:32, 44; 10:39
40. John 7:30 : John 7:6; 8:20
41. John 7:31 : John 2:23; 8:30; 10:42; 11:45; 12:11, 42
42. John 7:31 : John 7:26
43. John 7:31 : John 2:11
44. John 7:32 : Matt 26:58; John 7:45f
45. John 7:32 : Matt 12:14
46. John 7:33 : John 12:35; 13:33; 14:19; 16:16-19
47. John 7:33 : John 14:12, 28; 16:5, 10, 17, 28; 20:17
48. John 7:34 : John 7:36; 8:21; 13:33
49. John 7:35 : John 7:1
50. John 7:35 : John 8:22
51. John 7:35 : Ps 147:2; Is 11:12; 56:8; Zeph 3:10; James 1:1; 1 Pet 1:1
52. John 7:35 : John 12:20; Acts 14:1; 17:4; 18:4; Rom 1:16
53. John 7:36 : John 7:34; 8:21; 13:33
54. John 7:37 : Lev 23:36; Num 29:35; Neh 8:18
55. John 7:37 : John 4:10, 14; 6:35
56. John 7:38 : Is 44:3; 55:1; 58:11
57. John 7:38 : John 4:10
58. John 7:39 : Joel 2:28; John 1:33
59. John 7:39 : John 20:22; Acts 1:4f; 2:4, 33; 19:2
60. John 7:39 : John 12:16, 23; 13:31f; 16:14; 17:1
61. John 7:40 : Matt 21:11; John 1:21
62. John 7:41 : John 1:46; 7:52
63. John 7:42 : Ps 89:4; Mic 5:2; Matt 1:1; 2:5f; Luke 2:4ff
64. John 7:43 : John 9:16; 10:19
65. John 7:44 : John 7:30
66. John 7:45 : John 7:32
67. John 7:46 : John 7:32
68. John 7:46 : Matt 7:28
69. John 7:47 : John 7:12
70. John 7:48 : John 12:42
71. John 7:48 : Luke 23:13; John 7:26
72. John 7:50 : John 3:1; 19:39
73. John 7:51 : Ex 23:1; Deut 17:6; 19:15; Prov 18:13; Acts 23:3
74. John 7:52 : John 1:46; 7:41