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But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,
Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths was at hand.
Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do.
No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”
For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.”
Therefore Jesus told them, “My time is not yet here; for you any time will do.
Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.
But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.
Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus and asking, “Where is he?”
The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?”
Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”
Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”
Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”
And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, he is leading the people astray.”
But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.
Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.
Jesus Teaches at the Festival
Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.
Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.
About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching.
The Jews there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning without having been taught?”
Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.
So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.
Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.
The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.
Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”
Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?”
“You are demon-possessed,” the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”
The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?”
Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.
Jesus answered them, “I did one work, and you all marvel at it.
Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.
Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath?
If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well?
Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”
Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”
Division Over Who Jesus Is
At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
Can This Be the Christ?
Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom they seek to kill?
Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom they seek to kill?
Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah?
And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?
But we know where this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”
But we know where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from.”
Then 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 authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him,
So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I come from. But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know.
but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.”
I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.”
At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
Still, many in the crowd believed in him. They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man?”
Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”
The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me.
Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.”
The 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?
The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
What does he mean by saying, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”
On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.
Rivers of Living Water
On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
By 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.
Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”
Division Among the People
When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This really is the Prophet.”
When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This really is the Prophet.”
Others said, “He is the Messiah.”
Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?
Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?
Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee?
Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?”
Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
Thus the people were divided because of Jesus.
So there was a division among the people over him.
Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.
Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders
Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”
Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”
The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”
“No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied.
The officers answered, “No one ever spoke like this man!”
“You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted.
The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived?
“Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?
Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?
No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law — there is a curse on them.”
But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked,
Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them,
“Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”
“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”
They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”
They replied, “Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”