Jean 7
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Jésus à la fête des tentes
7 Après cela, Jésus continua de parcourir la Galilée; il ne voulait pas séjourner en Judée car les Juifs cherchaient à le faire mourir. 2 Or, la fête juive des tentes était proche. 3 Ses frères lui dirent: «Pars d'ici et va en Judée afin que tes disciples voient aussi ce que tu fais. 4 Personne n'agit en secret, s'il cherche à être connu. Puisque tu fais ce genre de choses, montre-toi au monde!» 5 En effet, ses frères non plus ne croyaient pas en lui. 6 Jésus leur dit: «Le moment n'est pas encore venu pour moi, tandis que pour vous, c'est toujours le bon moment. 7 Le monde ne peut pas vous détester, tandis que moi, il me déteste parce que je témoigne à son sujet que sa manière d’agir est mauvaise. 8 Montez donc à cette fête! Quant à moi, je n'y monte pas encore parce que le moment n'est pas encore arrivé pour moi.» 9 Après leur avoir dit cela, il resta en Galilée.
10 Lorsque ses frères furent montés à la fête, il y monta aussi lui-même, non pas en se montrant, mais [comme] en secret. 11 Les Juifs le cherchaient pendant la fête et disaient: «Où est-il?» 12 Dans la foule, on murmurait beaucoup à son sujet. Les uns disaient: «C'est un homme bien.» D'autres disaient: «Non, au contraire, il égare le peuple.» 13 Personne, toutefois, ne parlait ouvertement de lui, par crainte des chefs juifs.
14 C’était déjà le milieu de la fête lorsque Jésus monta au temple et se mit à enseigner. 15 Les Juifs s'étonnaient et disaient: «Comment connaît-il les Ecritures, lui qui n'a pas étudié?» 16 Jésus leur répondit: «Mon enseignement ne vient pas de moi mais de celui qui m'a envoyé. 17 Si quelqu'un veut faire la volonté de Dieu, il saura si mon enseignement vient de Dieu ou si je parle de ma propre initiative. 18 Celui qui parle de sa propre initiative cherche sa propre gloire, mais si quelqu'un cherche la gloire de celui qui l'a envoyé, celui-là est vrai et il n'y a pas d'injustice en lui. 19 Moïse ne vous a-t-il pas donné la loi? Or, aucun de vous ne la met en pratique. Pourquoi cherchez-vous à me faire mourir?» 20 La foule répondit: «Tu as un démon. Qui cherche à te faire mourir?» 21 Jésus leur répondit: «Pour une seule œuvre[a] que j’ai faite, vous êtes tous étonnés. 22 Moïse vous a donné la circoncision[b] ( qui ne vient du reste pas de lui, mais des patriarches ( et vous circoncisez un homme le jour du sabbat. 23 Si pour respecter la loi de Moïse un homme reçoit la circoncision le jour du sabbat, pourquoi vous irritez-vous contre moi parce que j'ai guéri un homme tout entier le jour du sabbat? 24 Ne jugez pas d’après l'apparence, mais portez un jugement juste.»
25 Quelques habitants de Jérusalem disaient: «N'est-ce pas celui qu'ils cherchent à faire mourir? 26 Le voici qui parle librement et ils ne lui disent rien! Est-ce que les chefs auraient vraiment reconnu qu'il est le Messie? 27 Cependant celui-ci, nous savons d'où il est, tandis que le Messie, quand il viendra, personne ne saura d'où il est.» 28 Jésus enseignait dans le temple. Il s'écria alors: «Vous me connaissez et vous savez d'où je suis! Pourtant je ne suis pas venu de moi-même. Au contraire, celui qui m'a envoyé est vrai et vous ne le connaissez pas. 29 Pour ma part, je le connais, car je viens d'auprès de lui et c'est lui qui m'a envoyé.» 30 Ils cherchaient donc à l'arrêter, mais personne ne mit la main sur lui parce que son heure n'était pas encore venue. 31 Beaucoup parmi la foule crurent en lui, et ils disaient: «Le Messie, quand il viendra, fera-t-il plus de signes miraculeux que n'en a fait celui-ci?» 32 Les pharisiens entendirent la foule murmurer ces propos à son sujet. Alors les chefs des prêtres et les pharisiens envoyèrent des gardes pour l'arrêter.
33 Jésus dit: «Je suis encore avec vous pour un peu de temps, puis je m'en vais vers celui qui m'a envoyé. 34 Vous me chercherez et vous ne me trouverez pas, et là où je serai, vous ne pouvez pas venir.» 35 Les Juifs se dirent alors entre eux: «Où ira-t-il, pour que nous ne le trouvions pas? Ira-t-il chez ceux qui sont dispersés dans le reste du monde et enseignera-t-il les non-Juifs? 36 Que signifie cette parole qu'il a dite: ‘Vous me chercherez et vous ne me trouverez pas, et là où je serai, vous ne pouvez pas venir’?»
37 Le dernier jour, le grand jour de la fête, Jésus, debout, s'écria: «Si quelqu'un a soif, qu'il vienne à moi et qu'il boive. 38 Celui qui croit en moi, des fleuves d'eau vive couleront de lui, comme l’a dit l'Ecriture.» 39 Il dit cela à propos de l'Esprit que devaient recevoir ceux qui croiraient en lui. En effet, l'Esprit [saint] n'avait pas encore été donné parce que Jésus n'avait pas encore été élevé dans sa gloire.
40 Après avoir entendu ces paroles, beaucoup dans la foule disaient: «Celui-ci est vraiment le prophète.» 41 D'autres disaient: «C'est le Messie.» Mais d'autres disaient: «Est-ce bien de la Galilée que doit venir le Messie? 42 L'Ecriture ne dit-elle pas que c'est de la descendance de David et du village de Bethléhem où était David que le Messie doit venir?» 43 Il y eut donc, à cause de lui, division parmi la foule. 44 Quelques-uns d'entre eux voulaient l'arrêter, mais personne ne mit la main sur lui.
45 Ainsi, les gardes retournèrent vers les chefs des prêtres et les pharisiens, qui leur dirent: «Pourquoi ne l'avez-vous pas amené?» 46 Les gardes répondirent: «Jamais personne n'a parlé comme cet homme.» 47 Les pharisiens leur répliquèrent: «Est-ce que vous aussi, vous vous êtes laissé tromper? 48 Y a-t-il quelqu'un parmi les chefs ou les pharisiens qui ait cru en lui? 49 Mais cette foule qui ne connaît pas la loi, ce sont des maudits!» 50 Nicodème, qui était venu de nuit vers Jésus et qui était l'un d'eux, leur dit: 51 «Notre loi condamne-t-elle un homme avant qu'on l'entende et qu'on sache ce qu'il a fait?» 52 Ils lui répondirent: «Es-tu, toi aussi, de la Galilée? Cherche bien et tu verras que de la Galilée il ne sort pas de prophète.» 53 [Puis chacun rentra chez soi.
Footnotes
- Jean 7:21 Une seule œuvre: la guérison d'un malade le jour du sabbat (5.1-9).
- Jean 7:22 Circoncision: cette opération consistant à enlever le prépuce avait été le signe de l’alliance conclue par Dieu avec Abraham, l’ancêtre des Israélites (Genèse 17.9-14). D’après Lévitique 12.3, elle devait intervenir lorsque le garçon avait 8 jours.
John 7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
The Unbelief of Jesus’ Brothers
7 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He did not wish[a] to go about in Judea because the Jews were looking for an opportunity to kill him. 2 Now the Jewish festival of Booths[b] was near. 3 So his brothers said to him, ‘Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples also may see the works you are doing; 4 for no one who wants[c] to be widely known acts in secret. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.’ 5 (For not even his brothers believed in him.) 6 Jesus said to them, ‘My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil. 8 Go to the festival yourselves. I am not[d] going to this festival, for my time has not yet fully come.’ 9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.
Jesus at the Festival of Booths
10 But after his brothers had gone to the festival, then he also went, not publicly but as it were[e] in secret. 11 The Jews were looking for him at the festival and saying, ‘Where is he?’ 12 And there was considerable complaining about him among the crowds. While some were saying, ‘He is a good man’, others were saying, ‘No, he is deceiving the crowd.’ 13 Yet no one would speak openly about him for fear of the Jews.
14 About the middle of the festival Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach. 15 The Jews were astonished at it, saying, ‘How does this man have such learning,[f] when he has never been taught?’ 16 Then Jesus answered them, ‘My teaching is not mine but his who sent me. 17 Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own. 18 Those who speak on their own seek their own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is nothing false in him.
19 ‘Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you looking for an opportunity to kill me?’ 20 The crowd answered, ‘You have a demon! Who is trying to kill you?’ 21 Jesus answered them, ‘I performed one work, and all of you are astonished. 22 Moses gave you circumcision (it is, of course, not from Moses, but from the patriarchs), and you circumcise a man on the sabbath. 23 If a man receives circumcision on the sabbath in order that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I healed a man’s whole body on the sabbath? 24 Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgement.’
Is This the Christ?
25 Now some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, ‘Is not this the man whom they are trying to kill? 26 And here he is, speaking openly, but they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Messiah?[g] 27 Yet we know where this man is from; but when the Messiah[h] comes, no one will know where he is from.’ 28 Then Jesus cried out as he was teaching in the temple, ‘You know me, and you know where I am from. I have not come on my own. But the one who sent me is true, and you do not know him. 29 I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.’ 30 Then they tried to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 Yet many in the crowd believed in him and were saying, ‘When the Messiah[i] comes, will he do more signs than this man has done?’[j]
Officers Are Sent to Arrest Jesus
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering such things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent temple police to arrest him. 33 Jesus then said, ‘I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to him who sent me. 34 You will search for me, but you will not find me; and 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? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean by saying, “You will search for me and you will not find me” and, “Where I am, you cannot come”?’
Rivers of Living Water
37 On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, 38 and let the one who believes in me drink. As[k] the scripture has said, “Out of the believer’s heart[l] shall flow rivers of living water.”’ 39 Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to receive; for as yet there was no Spirit,[m] because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Division among the People
40 When they heard these words, some in the crowd said, ‘This is really the prophet.’ 41 Others said, ‘This is the Messiah.’[n] But some asked, ‘Surely the Messiah[o] does not come from Galilee, does he? 42 Has not the scripture said that the Messiah[p] is descended from David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?’ 43 So there was a division in the crowd because of him. 44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
The Unbelief of Those in Authority
45 Then the temple police went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, ‘Why did you not arrest him?’ 46 The police answered, ‘Never has anyone spoken like this!’ 47 Then the Pharisees replied, ‘Surely you have not been deceived too, have you? 48 Has any one of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd, which does not know the law—they are accursed.’ 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus[q] before, and who was one of them, asked, 51 ‘Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?’ 52 They replied, ‘Surely you are not also from Galilee, are you? Search and you will see that no prophet is to arise from Galilee.’
The Woman Caught in Adultery
[[53 Then each of them went home,
Footnotes
- John 7:1 Other ancient authorities read was not at liberty
- John 7:2 Or Tabernacles
- John 7:4 Other ancient authorities read wants it
- John 7:8 Other ancient authorities add yet
- John 7:10 Other ancient authorities lack as it were
- John 7:15 Or this man know his letters
- John 7:26 Or the Christ
- John 7:27 Or the Christ
- John 7:31 Or the Christ
- John 7:31 Other ancient authorities read is doing
- John 7:38 Or come to me and drink. 38 The one who believes in me, as
- John 7:38 Gk out of his belly
- John 7:39 Other ancient authorities read for as yet the Spirit (others, Holy Spirit) had not been given
- John 7:41 Or the Christ
- John 7:41 Or the Christ
- John 7:42 Or the Christ
- John 7:50 Gk him
John 7
New International Version
Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles
7 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) 2 But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles(C) was near, 3 Jesus’ brothers(D) said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. 4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” 5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him.(E)
6 Therefore Jesus told them, “My time(F) is not yet here; for you any time will do. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me(G) because I testify that its works are evil.(H) 8 You go to the festival. I am not[b] going up to this festival, because my time(I) has not yet fully come.” 9 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,
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