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After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.

His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

For neither did his brethren believe in him.

Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.

When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.

10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.

13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?

32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.

33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.

34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

43 So there was a division among the people because of him.

44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?

46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?

48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)

51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

53 And every man went unto his own house.

Ne iikawan Yeshu

Tipan ne Yeshu pejki pashalua tik Galilaya; inte kinekituya pashalua tik Yudaya ika ne Yudayujmet kitemuat pal kimiktiat. Witzaya ne inhilwiw ne Yudayujmet itukay Tawipanpikilis, wan ne iikawan kilwijket:

—Shu Yudaya pal kiane ne mumujmumachtiani nusan yawit kitat tay tikchiwa, ika te aka kichiwa tatka ichtaka ká kineki ma muchi kitakan. Asu tikchiwa uni, shimuneshti ishpan muchi ne taltikpak!

Ika nian ne iikawan kiyulmatit. Kwakuni ne Yeshu kinhilwia:

—Nupal ne tunal inteuk ajsik, wan anmupal senpa nemi. Ne taltikpak inte weli metzinhishijia; naja kia nechishijia ika nitaneshtia ka inte yek tay kichijtuk. Anmejemet shitejkukan Yerushalem ipal ne ilwit. Naja inte nitejku tik ini ilwit ika inteuk yekajtuk ne tunal nupal.

Kinhilwij ijkiuni wan nakak Galilaya. 10 Kwak tamiketa tejkut ne iikawan, kwakuni yaja nusan tejkuk ka né, inte ishpan muchi asunte ichtaka.

Yeshu tamachtia iten ne teupan

11 Kiane tel, ne Yudayujmet pejket kitemuat tik ne ilwit wan inat:

—Kanka nemi yajuni?

12 Wan pejket kikinakat sujsul ijtik muchi: sejse inat katka ka yek; sejseuk inat katka:

—Te ijkiuni, yaja kinshijshikua ne tukniwan.

13 Melka uni, inte aka taketza katka melaknaj ika muchi majmawit inpanpa ne Yudayujmet.

14 Tatajku ne ilwit, tejkuk Yeshu iten ne teupan wan pejki tamachtia. 15 Yajika ishpuyajket ne Yudayujmet, inat:

—Yajuni ken ka kishmati ne ajamat mal te keman mumachtij?

16 Kwakuni najnankilij ne Yeshu, wan kinhilwij:

—Ne nutamachtilis inte nupal asunte ipal ne nechtuktijtuk. 17 Asu aka kichiwaskia ne itaelewilis, yaja san kimatis asu ne tamachtilis ipal ne Teut ush nusel nitanutza. 18 Ká ne tanutza isel tatejtemua ma inakan ka yaja wey. Ká ne tatejtemua ma inakan ka wey ne kituktijtuk, uni ina tay tejkia wan te nemi ijtik yaja tatka tay inte yek. 19 Inte metzinmakak Moshe ne tajtuli? Wan te aka ijtik anmejemet kichiwa tay tatuktia ne tajtuli. Taika annechtemuat pal annechmiktiat?

20 Nankilijket ne tukniwan:

—Tikpia se nawal! Ká metztemua pal metzmiktia?

21 Nankilij Yeshu wan kinhilwij:

—Nikchijtuk se wan muchi anhishpuyawit! 22 Yajika tel, Moshe metzinmakak ne tayawaltekilis (yajini inte walaj itech Moshe asunte intech ne tetekuwan) wan antayawaltekit tik ne sewilis. 23 Asu muyawalteki se tik ne tunal ipal sewilis ma inte mutujtuma ne itajtuli Moshe, ken ka anmuishkwalantiat nuwan ika naja nikpajtijtuk muchi ne iweyka se tik ne sewilis? 24 Maka shiktenewakan aka ipanpa ken muita asunte ken muneki ipanpa tay yek.

Kanka walajtuk Yeshu?

25 Kwakuni inat katka sejse pal ne Yerushalemchanejket:

—Inte yajuni kitemuat pal kimiktiat? 26 Wan shikita! Tanutza nemi wan te kilwiat tatka! Anka ijkia ne tatuktianimet kimatit ka yaja ne Mawaltijtuk... 27 Semaya ka tikmatit kanka witz yajuni; kwak yawi witz ne Mawaltijtuk, inte aka kimati kanka witz.

28 Tamachtia nemi ne Yeshu iten ne teupan wan tzajtzik, ina:

—Annechishmatit, wan nusan ankimatit kanka niwitz. Inte niwalajtuk nutech asunte ne nechtuktijtuk ne inte ankishmatit, yaja tejkia. 29 Naja nikishmati ika niwalaj itech wan yajuni nechtitanijtuk.

30 Kwakuni mutatemuilijket pal kipewiat, wan te aka kitalij ijpak se imey ika inteuk ajsituya ihoraj. 31 Miak pal ne tukniwan kiyulmatket, wan inat katka:

—Kwak witz ne Mawaltijtuk, inte yawi kichiwa mas pal muishmati, semaya ken yajuni?

32 Ne Parishayujmet kikakket ne tukniwan kikinakat ika inat ijkiuni, wan ne weypalejmet wan ne Parishayujmet kititanijket tekitinimet pal kipewiat. 33 Kwakuni ne Yeshu inak:

—Sema ninemi achi anmuwan wan niawa kan nemi ne nechtuktijtuk. 34 San annechtemusket wan te anyawit annechajsit, wan kan niaw ninemi naja inte anwelisket ankalakit.

35 Kwakuni ne Yudayujmet muilwijket:

—Kanka yasneki ka tejemet inte tiawit tikajsit? Anka yasneki intech ne musentalujtiwit tik tepal tal pal kinmachtia ne Greciajchanejket? 36 Tay kineki ina kwak inatuk: "San annechtemusket wan te anyawit annechajsit, wan kan niaw ninemi naja inte anwelisket ankalakit"?

Tay inak tik ne tipan tunal ipal ne ilwit

37 Tik ne tipan tunal, ne mas wey ipal ne ilwit, muketzki ne Yeshu wan tzajtzik:

—Asu aka amiki, ma wiki nutech wan ma ati. 38 Ká ne nechyulmati, ijkiunisan ken ina kan nemi ijkwilujtuk, ijtik yaja yawit punit ajat mutaluat iwan at yultuk.

39 Inak uni ipanpa ne Ijiutzin ne yawit kikwit ne kiyulmatit, ika inteuk nemituya ijiutzin ika inteuk mumatki ka Yeshu wey. 40 Ijtik ne miaktal tel, kwak takakket tay inak pejket inat:

—Uni kia se taketzani.

41 Uksejse inat:

—Ini ne Mawaltijtuk!

Sejse inat:

—Ken ka witz tik Galilaya ne Mawaltijtuk?! 42 Inte muijkwiluj ka itech ne ishinach Dawid wan tik ne techan ipal Bet-Lejem, kan nemi katka Dawid, yawi witz ne Mawaltijtuk?

43 Neka mutakutuntijket. 44 Sejse pal yejemet kinekituyat kipewiat; melka uni, inte aka kitalij ijimey ijpak. 45 Kwakuni ajsiket ne tekitinimet itech ne weypalejmet wan Parishayujmet wan kinhilwijket:

—Taika inte ankiwikaket?

46 Nankilijket ne tekitinimet:

—Ijkiuni inte keman taketzki aka.

47 Kwakuni ne Parishayujmet kinhilwijket:

—Anka anmejemet nusan anmushijshikujtiwit? 48 Niakeman aka ipal ne tatuktianimet kiyulmatket ush ne Parishayujmet? 49 Wan tetekia iwan ini miaktal ne inte kimati ne tajtuli!

50 Kinhilwij Nikodemos (yaja ne achtu ajsik itech, wan se pal yejemet):

51 —Anka ne tutajtuli kitenewa se takat asu inte kikaktuk wan kimati tay kichiwa?

52 Najnankilijket wan kilwijket:

—Taja nusan tiipal Galilaya? Shimumachti wan tiaw tikita ka tik Galilaya inte muiskalis nian se taketzani!

53 [[Wan yajket sejse ka ichan.

Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles

After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want[a] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders(A) there were looking for a way to kill him.(B) But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles(C) was near, Jesus’ brothers(D) 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 even his own brothers did not believe in him.(E)

Therefore Jesus told them, “My time(F) is not yet here; for you any time will do. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me(G) because I testify that its works are evil.(H) You go to the festival. I am not[b] going up to this festival, because my time(I) has not yet fully come.” After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.

10 However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret. 11 Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus(J) and asking, “Where is he?”

12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”

Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”(K) 13 But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.(L)

Jesus Teaches at the Festival

14 Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.(M) 15 The Jews(N) there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning(O) without having been taught?”(P)

16 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.(Q) 17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out(R) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. 18 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory,(S) but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. 19 Has not Moses given you the law?(T) Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”(U)

20 “You are demon-possessed,”(V) the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”

21 Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle,(W) and you are all amazed. 22 Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision(X) (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs),(Y) you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. 23 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? 24 Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”(Z)

Division Over Who Jesus Is

25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?(AA) 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities(AB) really concluded that he is the Messiah?(AC) 27 But we know where this man is from;(AD) when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”

28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,(AE) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.(AF) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.(AG) You do not know him, 29 but I know him(AH) because I am from him and he sent me.”(AI)

30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,(AJ) because his hour had not yet come.(AK) 31 Still, many in the crowd believed in him.(AL) They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs(AM) than this man?”

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,(AN) and then I am going to the one who sent me.(AO) 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”(AP)

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(AQ) among the Greeks,(AR) 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’?”(AS)

37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(AT) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(AU) 38 Whoever believes(AV) in me, as Scripture has said,(AW) rivers of living water(AX) will flow from within them.”[c](AY) 39 By this he meant the Spirit,(AZ) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.(BA) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.(BB)

40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”(BC)

41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”

Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?(BD) 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants(BE) and from Bethlehem,(BF) the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the people were divided(BG) because of Jesus. 44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.(BH)

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,”(BI) the guards replied.

47 “You mean he has deceived you also?”(BJ) the Pharisees retorted. 48 “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?(BK) 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”

50 Nicodemus,(BL) 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.”(BM)


[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

  1. John 7:1 Some manuscripts not have authority
  2. John 7:8 Some manuscripts not yet
  3. 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.”

Jesus’ Brothers Disbelieve

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, (A)because the [a]Jews sought to kill Him. (B)Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. (C)His brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing. For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” For (D)even His (E)brothers did not believe in Him.

Then Jesus said to them, (F)“My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. (G)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me (H)because I testify of it that its works are evil. You go up to this feast. I am not [b]yet going up to this feast, (I)for My time has not yet fully come.” When He had said these things to them, He remained in Galilee.

The Heavenly Scholar

10 But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. 11 Then (J)the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, “Where is He?” 12 And (K)there was much complaining among the people concerning Him. (L)Some said, “He is good”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He deceives the people.” 13 However, no one spoke openly of Him (M)for fear of the Jews.

14 Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and (N)taught. 15 (O)And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?”

16 [c]Jesus answered them and said, (P)“My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 (Q)If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. 18 (R)He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who (S)seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and (T)no unrighteousness is in Him. 19 (U)Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? (V)Why do you seek to kill Me?”

20 The people answered and said, (W)“You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”

21 Jesus answered and said to them, “I did one work, and you all marvel. 22 (X)Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, (Y)but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because (Z)I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? 24 (AA)Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

Could This Be the Christ?

25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to (AB)kill? 26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. (AC)Do the rulers know indeed that this is [d]truly the Christ? 27 (AD)However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”

28 Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, (AE)“You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and (AF)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me (AG)is true, (AH)whom you do not know. 29 [e]But (AI)I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

30 Therefore (AJ)they sought to take Him; but (AK)no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. 31 And (AL)many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”

Jesus and the Religious Leaders

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him. 33 Then Jesus said [f]to them, (AM)“I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I (AN)go to Him who sent Me. 34 You (AO)will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you (AP)cannot come.”

35 Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to (AQ)the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What is this thing that He said, ‘You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

37 (AR)On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, (AS)“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 (AT)He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, (AU)out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 (AV)But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those [g]believing in Him would receive; for the [h]Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet (AW)glorified.

Who Is He?

40 Therefore [i]many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is (AX)the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is (AY)the Christ.”

But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? 42 (AZ)Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, (BA)where David was?” 43 So (BB)there was a division among the people because of Him. 44 Now (BC)some of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

Rejected by the Authorities

45 Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why have you not brought Him?”

46 The officers answered, (BD)“No man ever spoke like this Man!”

47 Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”

50 Nicodemus (BE)(he who came to [j]Jesus [k]by night, being one of them) said to them, 51 (BF)“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”

52 They answered and said to him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for (BG)no prophet [l]has arisen out of Galilee.”

An Adulteress Faces the Light of the World

53 [m]And everyone went to his own house.

Footnotes

  1. John 7:1 The ruling authorities
  2. John 7:8 NU omits yet
  3. John 7:16 NU, M So Jesus
  4. John 7:26 NU omits truly
  5. John 7:29 NU, M omit But
  6. John 7:33 NU, M omit to them
  7. John 7:39 NU who believed
  8. John 7:39 NU omits Holy
  9. John 7:40 NU some
  10. John 7:50 Lit. Him
  11. John 7:50 NU before
  12. John 7:52 NU is to rise
  13. John 7:53 NU brackets 7:53 through 8:11 as not in the original text. They are present in over 900 mss. of John.

Necredinţa fraţilor lui Isus

După aceea, Isus străbătea Galileea; nu voia să stea în Iudeea, pentru că(A) iudeii căutau să-L omoare. Şi(B) praznicul iudeilor, Praznicul zis al Corturilor, era aproape. Fraţii(C) Lui I-au zis: „Pleacă de aici şi du-Te în Iudeea, ca să vadă şi ucenicii Tăi lucrările pe care le faci. Nimeni nu face ceva în ascuns când caută să se facă cunoscut. Dacă faci aceste lucruri, arată-Te lumii.” Căci nici(D) fraţii Lui nu credeau în El. Isus le-a zis: „Vremea(E) Mea n-a sosit încă, dar vouă vremea totdeauna vă este prielnică. Pe voi lumea nu(F) vă poate urî; pe Mine Mă urăşte, pentru că(G) mărturisesc despre ea că lucrările ei sunt rele. Suiţi-vă voi la praznicul acesta; Eu încă nu Mă sui la praznicul acesta, fiindcă(H) nu Mi s-a împlinit încă vremea.” După ce le-a spus aceste lucruri, a rămas în Galileea.

Isus în Ierusalim la Praznicul Corturilor

10 După ce s-au suit fraţii Lui la praznic, S-a suit şi El, dar nu pe faţă, ci cam pe ascuns. 11 Iudeii(I) Îl căutau în timpul praznicului şi ziceau: „Unde este?” 12 Noroadele vorbeau mult în şoaptă(J) despre El. Unii(K) ziceau: „Este un om bun”. Alţii ziceau: „Nu, ci duce norodul în rătăcire”. 13 Totuşi, de(L) frica iudeilor, nimeni nu vorbea de El pe faţă. 14 Pe la jumătatea praznicului, Isus S-a suit la Templu. Şi învăţa norodul. 15 Iudeii(M) se mirau şi ziceau: „Cum are omul acesta învăţătură, căci n-a învăţat niciodată?” 16 Isus le-a răspuns: „Învăţătura Mea(N) nu este a Mea, ci a Celui ce M-a trimis pe Mine. 17 Dacă(O) vrea cineva să facă voia Lui, va ajunge să cunoască dacă învăţătura este de la Dumnezeu sau dacă Eu vorbesc de la Mine. 18 Cine(P) vorbeşte de la sine caută slava lui însuşi; dar cine caută slava Celui ce l-a trimis, acela este adevărat şi în el nu este strâmbătate. 19 Oare(Q) nu v-a dat Moise Legea? Totuşi nimeni din voi nu ţine Legea. De(R) ce căutaţi să Mă omorâţi?” 20 Norodul I-a răspuns: „Ai drac(S). Cine caută să Te omoare?” 21 Drept răspuns, Isus le-a zis: „O lucrare am făcut, şi toţi vă miraţi de ea. 22 Moise(T) v-a dat porunca privitoare la tăierea împrejur – nu că ea vine de la Moise, ci(U) de la patriarhi – şi voi tăiaţi împrejur pe om în ziua Sabatului. 23 Dacă un om primeşte tăierea împrejur în ziua Sabatului, ca să nu se calce Legea lui Moise, de ce turbaţi de mânie împotriva Mea pentru că am(V) însănătoşit un om întreg în ziua Sabatului? 24 Nu(W) judecaţi după înfăţişare, ci judecaţi după dreptate.” 25 Nişte locuitori din Ierusalim ziceau: „Nu este El acela pe care caută ei să-L omoare? 26 Şi totuşi iată că vorbeşte pe faţă, şi ei nu-I zic nimic! Nu cumva, în adevăr, cei mai mari vor fi cunoscut(X) că El este Hristosul? 27 Dar(Y) noi ştim de unde este omul acesta, însă, când va veni Hristosul, nimeni nu va şti de unde este.” 28 Şi Isus, pe când învăţa pe norod în Templu, striga: „Mă(Z) cunoaşteţi şi Mă ştiţi de unde sunt! Eu(AA) n-am venit de la Mine Însumi, ci Cel ce M-a trimis este(AB) adevărat, şi voi(AC) nu-L cunoaşteţi. 29 Eu(AD) Îl cunosc, căci vin de la El şi El M-a trimis.” 30 Ei căutau(AE) deci să-L prindă, şi nimeni(AF) n-a pus mâna pe El, căci încă nu-I sosise ceasul. 31 Mulţi(AG) din norod au crezut în El şi ziceau: „Când va veni, Hristosul va face mai multe semne decât a făcut omul acesta?” 32 Fariseii au auzit pe norod spunând în şoaptă aceste lucruri despre El. Atunci, preoţii cei mai de seamă şi fariseii au trimis nişte aprozi să-L prindă. 33 Isus a zis: „Mai sunt cu voi puţină(AH) vreme şi apoi Mă duc la Cel ce M-a trimis. 34 Voi Mă(AI) veţi căuta, şi nu Mă veţi găsi, şi unde voi fi Eu, voi nu puteţi veni.” 35 Iudeii au zis între ei: „Unde are de gând să se ducă omul acesta, ca să nu-l putem găsi? Doar n-o avea de gând să se ducă la cei(AJ) împrăştiaţi printre greci şi să înveţe pe greci? 36 Ce înseamnă cuvintele acestea pe care le-a spus: ‘Mă veţi căuta, şi nu Mă veţi găsi, şi unde voi fi Eu, voi nu puteţi veni?’ ”

Isus, Apa vieţii

37 În(AK) ziua de pe urmă, care era ziua cea mare a praznicului, Isus a stat în picioare şi a strigat: „Dacă(AL) însetează cineva, să vină la Mine şi să bea. 38 Cine(AM) crede în Mine, din(AN) inima lui vor curge râuri de apă vie, cum zice Scriptura.” 39 Spunea(AO) cuvintele acestea despre Duhul, pe care aveau să-L primească cei ce vor crede în El. Căci Duhul Sfânt încă nu fusese dat, fiindcă Isus nu fusese încă proslăvit(AP).

Încercări pentru prinderea lui Isus

40 Unii din norod, când au auzit aceste cuvinte, ziceau: „Acesta este cu adevărat Prorocul(AQ)”. 41 Alţii ziceau: „Acesta(AR) este Hristosul”. Şi alţii ziceau: „Cum, din Galileea(AS) are să vină Hristosul? 42 Nu zice(AT) Scriptura că Hristosul are să vină din sămânţa lui David şi din satul Betleem, unde(AU) era David?” 43 S-a(AV) făcut, deci, dezbinare în norod din pricina Lui. 44 Unii(AW) din ei voiau să-L prindă; dar nimeni n-a pus mâna pe El. 45 Aprozii s-au întors deci la preoţii cei mai de seamă şi la farisei. Şi aceştia le-au zis: „De ce nu L-aţi adus?” 46 Aprozii au răspuns: „Niciodată(AX) n-a vorbit vreun om ca omul acesta”. 47 Fariseii le-au răspuns: „Doar n-aţi fi fost duşi şi voi în rătăcire? 48 A(AY) crezut în El vreunul din mai-marii noştri sau din farisei? 49 Dar norodul acesta, care nu ştie Legea, este blestemat!” 50 Nicodim, cel care(AZ) venise la Isus noaptea şi care era unul din ei, le-a zis: 51 „Legea(BA) noastră osândeşte ea pe un om înainte ca să-l asculte şi să ştie ce face?” 52 Drept răspuns, ei i-au zis: „Şi tu eşti din(BB) Galileea? Cercetează bine, şi vei vedea că din Galileea nu s-a ridicat niciun proroc”. 53 (Şi s-a întors fiecare acasă.