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John 7:32-53
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John 7:32-53
English Standard Version
Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd (A)muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent (B)officers to arrest him. 33 Jesus then said, (C)“I will be with you a little longer, and then (D)I am going to him who sent me. 34 (E)You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.” 35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? (F)Does he intend to go to (G)the Dispersion among (H)the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean by saying, (I)‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”
Rivers of Living Water
37 (J)On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, (K)“If anyone thirsts, let him (L)come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, (M)as[a] the Scripture has said, (N)‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of (O)living water.’” 39 Now (P)this he said about the Spirit, (Q)whom those who believed in him were to receive, (R)for as yet the Spirit had not been (S)given, (T)because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Division Among the People
40 When they heard these words, (U)some of the people said, “This really is (V)the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is (W)the Christ.” But some said, (X)“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes (Y)from the offspring of David, and comes (Z)from Bethlehem, the village (AA)where David was?” 43 So there was (AB)a division among the people over him. 44 (AC)Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 (AD)The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, (AE)“No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 The Pharisees answered them, (AF)“Have you also been deceived? 48 (AG)Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” 50 (AH)Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 (AI)“Does our law judge a man without first (AJ)giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, (AK)“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that (AL)no prophet arises from Galilee.”
[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.][b]
The Woman Caught in Adultery
53 [[They went each to his own house,
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John 7:32-53
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John 7:32-53
New International Version
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time,(A) and then I am going to the one who sent me.(B) 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”(C)
35 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(D) among the Greeks,(E) and teach the Greeks? 36 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’?”(F)
37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(G) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(H) 38 Whoever believes(I) in me, as Scripture has said,(J) rivers of living water(K) will flow from within them.”[a](L) 39 By this he meant the Spirit,(M) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.(N) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.(O)
40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”(P)
41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”
Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?(Q) 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants(R) and from Bethlehem,(S) the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the people were divided(T) because of Jesus. 44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.(U)
Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders
45 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”
46 “No one ever spoke the way this man does,”(V) the guards replied.
47 “You mean he has deceived you also?”(W) the Pharisees retorted. 48 “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?(X) 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”
50 Nicodemus,(Y) who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”
52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”(Z)
[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.]
53 Then they all went home,
Footnotes
- John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink 38 who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”
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