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CHAPTER 7

After

this,

Jesus

traveled

throughout

Galilee.

He did not want

to travel

in

Judea,

because

the

Jews there

were trying

to kill

Him.

However,

the

Jewish

Feast

of

Tabernacles

was

near.

So

Jesus’

brothers

said

to

Him,

“Leave

here

and

go

to

Judea,

so that

Your

disciples

there

may see

the

works

You are doing.

For

no one

who

wants

to be known

publicly

acts

in

secret.

Since

You are doing

these things,

show

Yourself

to the

world.”

For

even

His

own

brothers

did not believe

in

Him.

Therefore

Jesus

told

them,

“Although

your

time

is

always

at hand,

My

time

has not yet

come.

The

world

cannot

hate

you,

but

it hates

Me,

because

I

testify

that

its

works

are

evil.

Go up

to

the

feast

on your own.

I

am not

going up

to

this

feast,

because

My

time

has not yet

come.”

Having said

this,

Jesus remained

in

Galilee.

But

after

His

brothers

had gone up

to

the

feast,

He

also

went—

not

publicly,

but

in

secret.

So

the

Jews

were looking for

Him

at

the

feast

and

asking,

“Where

is

He?”

Many

in

the

crowds

were

whispering

about

Him.

Some

said,

“He is

a good man.”

But

others

replied,

“No,

He deceives

the

people.”

Yet

no one

would speak

publicly

about

Him

for

fear

of the

Jews.

About halfway through

the

feast,

Jesus

went up

to

the

temple courts

and

began to teach.

The

Jews

were amazed

and asked,

“How

did this man

attain

such learning

without

having studied?”

“My

teaching

is

not

My own,”

Jesus

replied.

“It comes

from Him who

sent

Me.

If

anyone

desires

to do

His

will,

he will know

whether

My

teaching

is

from

God

or whether

I

speak

on

My own.

He who

speaks

on

his own authority

seeks

his

own

glory,

but

He who

seeks

the

glory

of the One who

sent

Him

is

a man of truth;

in

Him

there is

no

falsehood.

Has not

Moses

given

you

the

Law?

Yet

not one

of

you

keeps

it.

Why

are you trying

to kill

Me?”

“You have

a demon,”

the

crowd

replied.

“Who

is trying

to kill

You?”

Jesus

answered

them,

“I did

one

miracle,

and

you are all astonished.

But because

Moses

gave

you

circumcision,

you circumcise

a boy

on

the Sabbath

(not

that

it is

from

Moses,

but

from

the

patriarchs.)

If

a boy

can be circumcised

on

the Sabbath

so that

the

Law

of Moses

will not

be broken,

why are you angry

with Me

for

making

the whole

man

well

on

the Sabbath?

Stop

judging

by

outward appearances,

and start

judging

justly.”

Then

some

of

the people

of Jerusalem

began to say,

“Isn’t

this

the man

they are trying

to kill?

Yet

here

He is, speaking

publicly,

and

they are not saying

anything

to Him.

Have the

rulers

truly

recognized

that

this

is

the

Christ?

But

we know

where

this man

is from.

When

the

Christ

comes,

no one

will know

where

He is from.”

Then

Jesus,

still teaching

in

the

temple courts,

cried out,

“You know

Me,

and

you know

where

I am from.

I have not come

on

My own accord,

but

He who

sent

Me

is

true.

You

do not

know

Him,

but I

know

Him,

because

I am

from

Him

and He

sent

Me.”

So

they tried

to seize

Him,

but

no one

laid

a hand

on

Him,

because

His

hour

had not yet

come.

Many

in

the

crowd,

however,

believed

in

Him

and

said,

“When

the

Christ

comes,

will He perform

more

signs

than

this man?”

When the

Pharisees

heard

the

crowd

whispering

these things

about

Jesus,

they

and

the

chief priests

sent

officers

to

arrest

Him.

So

Jesus

said,

“I am

with

you

only

a little while

longer,

and then

I am going

to

the One who

sent

Me.

You will look for

Me,

but

you will not find

Me;

and

where

I

am,

you

cannot

come.”

At this,

the

Jews

said

to

one another,

“Where

does He

intend

to go

that

we

will not find

Him

not?

Will He

go

where

the

Jews are dispersed

among the

Greeks,

and

teach

the

Greeks?

What

does He mean

by

saying,

‘You will look for

Me,

but

you will not find

Me,’

and,

‘Where

I

am,

you

cannot

come’?”

On

the

last

and

greatest

day

of the

feast,

Jesus

stood up

and

called out in a loud voice,

“If

anyone

is thirsty,

let him come

to

Me

and

drink.

Whoever

believes

in

Me,

as

the

Scripture

has said:

‘Streams

of living

water

will flow

from

within

him.’”

He was speaking

about

the

Spirit,

whom

those who

believed

in

Him

were later

to receive.

For

the Spirit

had

not yet been given,

because

Jesus

had not yet

been glorified.

On hearing

these

words,

some of

the

people

said,

“This

is

truly

the

Prophet.”

Others

declared,

“This

is

the

Christ.”

But

still others

asked,

“How can

the

Christ

come

from

Galilee?

Doesn’t

the

Scripture

say

that

the

Christ

will come

from

the

line

of David

and

from

Bethlehem,

the

village

where

David

lived?”

So

there was

division

in

the

crowd

because of

Jesus.

Some

of

them

wanted

to seize

Him,

but

no one

laid

a hand

on

Him.

Then

the

officers

returned

to

the

chief priests

and

Pharisees,

who

asked

them,

“Why

didn’t you bring

Him in?”

“Never has

anyone

spoken

like

this

man!”

the

officers

answered.

“Have you

also

been deceived?”

replied

the

Pharisees.

“Have

any

of

the

rulers

or

Pharisees

believed

in

Him?

But

this

crowd

that

does not know

the

Law,

they are

under a curse.”

Nicodemus,

who

had gone

to

Jesus

earlier,

and who himself was

one

of

them,

asked,

“Does our

law

convict

a man

without

first

hearing

from

him

to determine

what

he has done?”

“Aren’t

you

also

from

Galilee?”

they replied.

“Look into it,

and

you will see

that

no

prophet

comes

out of

Galilee.”

Then

each

went

to

his own

home.

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