Juan 7
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
La fiesta de las Chozas
7 Pasó algún tiempo, y Jesús seguía recorriendo Galilea. Evitaba andar por Judea, porque los judíos buscaban una ocasión para matarlo. 2 Cuando ya estaba cerca la fiesta judía de las Chozas, 3 sus hermanos le dijeron:
— Deberías salir de aquí e ir a Judea, para que tus seguidores puedan ver también allí las obras que haces. 4 Nadie que pretenda darse a conocer actúa secretamente. Si en realidad haces cosas tan extraordinarias, date a conocer al mundo.
5 Y es que ni siquiera sus hermanos creían en él. 6 Jesús les dijo:
— Todavía no ha llegado mi hora; para ustedes, en cambio, cualquier tiempo es apropiado. 7 El mundo no tiene motivos para odiarlos a ustedes; a mí, en cambio, me odia porque pongo de manifiesto la malicia de sus obras. 8 Suban ustedes a la fiesta. Yo no voy a esta fiesta pues aún no ha llegado mi hora.
9 Dicho esto, se quedó en Galilea.
10 Más tarde, cuando sus hermanos habían subido a la fiesta, acudió también Jesús; pero no públicamente, sino de incógnito. 11 Los judíos lo buscaban entre los asistentes a la fiesta y se preguntaban:
— ¿Dónde estará ese hombre?
12 Y también entre la gente todo eran comentarios en torno a él. Unos decían:
— Es un hombre bueno.
Otros replicaban:
— De bueno, nada; lo que hace es engañar a la gente.
13 Nadie, sin embargo, se atrevía a hablar de él públicamente por miedo a los judíos.
Jesús enseña en el Templo
14 Mediada ya la fiesta, Jesús se presentó en el Templo y se puso a enseñar. 15 Los judíos, sorprendidos, se preguntaban:
— ¿Cómo es posible que este hombre sepa tantas cosas sin haber estudiado?
16 Jesús les contestó:
— La doctrina que yo enseño no es mía; es de aquel que me ha enviado. 17 El que está dispuesto a hacer la voluntad del que me ha enviado, podrá comprobar si lo que yo enseño es cosa de Dios o si hablo por cuenta propia. 18 El que habla por su cuenta, lo que va buscando es su propio honor. En cambio, quien solamente busca el honor de aquel que lo envió, es un hombre sincero y no hay falsedad en él. 19 ¿No fue Moisés quien les dio la ley? Sin embargo, ninguno de ustedes la cumple. ¿Por qué quieren matarme?
20 La gente le contestó:
— ¡Tú tienes un demonio dentro! ¿Quién intenta matarte?
21 Jesús replicó:
— He realizado una obra y todos se han quedado sorprendidos. 22 Pues bien, Moisés les impuso a ustedes el rito de la circuncisión (aunque en realidad no proviene de Moisés, sino de los patriarcas) y, para cumplirlo, ustedes circuncidan aunque sea en sábado. 23 Si, pues, circuncidan incluso en sábado para no quebrantar una ley impuesta por Moisés, ¿por qué se indignan tanto contra mí que he curado por completo a una persona en sábado? 24 No deben juzgar según las apariencias; deben juzgar con rectitud.
Discusiones sobre Jesús
25 Así que algunos habitantes de Jerusalén comentaban:
— ¿No es este al que desean matar? 26 Resulta que está hablando en público y nadie le dice ni una palabra. ¿Será que nuestros jefes han reconocido que verdaderamente se trata del Mesías? 27 Pero cuando aparezca el Mesías, nadie sabrá de dónde viene; en cambio, sí sabemos de dónde viene este.
28 A lo que Jesús, que estaba enseñando en el Templo, replicó:
— ¿De manera que ustedes me conocen y saben de dónde soy? Sin embargo, yo no he venido por mi propia cuenta, sino que he sido enviado por aquel que es veraz y a quien ustedes no conocen. 29 Yo sí lo conozco, porque de él vengo y es él quien me ha enviado.
30 Intentaron entonces prenderlo, pero nadie se atrevió a ponerle la mano encima, porque todavía no había llegado su hora. 31 Mucha gente creyó en él y comentaba:
— Cuando venga el Mesías, ¿hará acaso, más milagros que los que este hace?
Intentan arrestar a Jesús
32 Llegó a oídos de los fariseos lo que la gente comentaba sobre Jesús y, puestos de acuerdo con los jefes de los sacerdotes, enviaron a los guardias del Templo con orden de apresarlo. 33 Pero Jesús les dijo:
— Todavía estaré con ustedes un poco de tiempo; después volveré al que me envió. 34 Me buscarán, pero no me encontrarán, porque no podrán ir a donde yo he de estar.
35 Los judíos comentaban entre sí:
— ¿A dónde pensará ir este para que nosotros no seamos capaces de encontrarlo? ¿Tendrá intención de ir con los judíos que viven dispersos entre los griegos, con el fin de anunciar a los griegos su mensaje? 36 ¿Qué habrá querido decir con esas palabras: “Me buscarán, pero no me encontrarán, porque no podrán ir a donde yo he de estar”?
El agua viva del Espíritu
37 El último día, el más solemne de la fiesta, Jesús, puesto en pie, proclamó en alta voz:
— Si alguien tiene sed que venga a mí y que beba 38 el que cree en mí. La Escritura dice que de sus entrañas brotarán ríos de agua viva.
39 Decía esto refiriéndose al Espíritu que habían de recibir los que creyeran en él. El Espíritu, en efecto, no se había hecho presente todavía, porque Jesús aún no había sido glorificado.
Diversidad de opiniones sobre Jesús
40 Algunos de los que estaban escuchando estas palabras afirmaban:
— Seguro que este es el profeta esperado.
41 Otros decían:
— Este es el Mesías.
Otros, por el contrario, replicaban:
— ¿Pero es que el Mesías puede venir de Galilea? 42 ¿No afirma la Escritura que el Mesías tiene que ser de la familia de David y de Belén, el pueblo de David?
43 Así que la gente andaba dividida por causa de Jesús. 44 Algunos querían prenderlo, pero nadie se atrevió a ponerle la mano encima. 45 Y como los guardias del Templo se volvieron sin él, los jefes de los sacerdotes y los fariseos les preguntaron:
— ¿Por qué no lo han traído?
46 Los guardias contestaron:
— Nadie ha hablado jamás como este hombre.
47 Los fariseos replicaron:
— ¿También ustedes se han dejado seducir? 48 ¿Acaso alguno de nuestros jefes o de los fariseos ha creído en él? 49 Lo que ocurre es que todos estos que no conocen la ley son unos malditos.
50 Pero uno de ellos, Nicodemo, que con anterioridad había acudido a Jesús, intervino y dijo:
51 — ¿Permite nuestra ley condenar a alguien sin una audiencia previa para saber lo que ha hecho?
52 Los otros le replicaron:
— ¿También tú eres de Galilea? Examina las Escrituras y verás que de Galilea no ha salido jamás un profeta.
[53 Terminada la discusión, cada uno se marchó a su casa.
John 7
New King James Version
Jesus’ Brothers Disbelieve
7 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. 2 (B)Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. 3 (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. 4 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.” 5 For (D)even His (E)brothers did not believe in Him.
6 Then Jesus said to them, (F)“My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. 7 (G)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me (H)because I testify of it that its works are evil. 8 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.” 9 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
- John 7:1 The ruling authorities
- John 7:8 NU omits yet
- John 7:16 NU, M So Jesus
- John 7:26 NU omits truly
- John 7:29 NU, M omit But
- John 7:33 NU, M omit to them
- John 7:39 NU who believed
- John 7:39 NU omits Holy
- John 7:40 NU some
- John 7:50 Lit. Him
- John 7:50 NU before
- John 7:52 NU is to rise
- 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.
John 7
New Century Version
Jesus’ Brothers Don’t Believe
7 After this, Jesus traveled around Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because some evil people there wanted to kill him. 2 It was time for the Feast of Shelters. 3 So Jesus’ brothers said to him, “You should leave here and go to Judea so your followers there can see the miracles you do. 4 Anyone who wants to be well known does not hide what he does. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” 5 (Even Jesus’ brothers did not believe in him.)
6 Jesus said to his brothers, “The right time for me has not yet come, but any time is right for you. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I tell it the evil things it does. 8 So you go to the feast. I will not go yet[a] to this feast, because the right time for me has not yet come.” 9 After saying this, Jesus stayed in Galilee.
10 But after Jesus’ brothers had gone to the feast, Jesus went also. But he did not let people see him. 11 At the feast some people were looking for him and saying, “Where is that man?”
12 Within the large crowd there, many people were whispering to each other about Jesus. Some said, “He is a good man.”
Others said, “No, he fools the people.” 13 But no one was brave enough to talk about Jesus openly, because they were afraid of the elders.
Jesus Teaches at the Feast
14 When the feast was about half over, Jesus went to the Temple and began to teach. 15 The people were amazed and said, “This man has never studied in school. How did he learn so much?”
16 Jesus answered, “The things I teach are not my own, but they come from him who sent me. 17 If people choose to do what God wants, they will know that my teaching comes from God and not from me. 18 Those who teach their own ideas are trying to get honor for themselves. But those who try to bring honor to the one who sent them speak the truth, and there is nothing false in them. 19 Moses gave you the law,[b] but none of you obeys that law. Why are you trying to kill me?”
20 The people answered, “A demon has come into you. We are not trying to kill you.”
21 Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed. 22 Moses gave you the law about circumcision. (But really Moses did not give you circumcision; it came from our ancestors.) And yet you circumcise a baby boy on a Sabbath day. 23 If a baby boy can be circumcised on a Sabbath day to obey the law of Moses, why are you angry at me for healing a person’s whole body on the Sabbath day? 24 Stop judging by the way things look, but judge by what is really right.”
Is Jesus the Christ?
25 Then some of the people who lived in Jerusalem said, “This is the man they are trying to kill. 26 But he is teaching where everyone can see and hear him, and no one is trying to stop him. Maybe the leaders have decided he really is the Christ. 27 But we know where this man is from. Yet when the real Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
28 Jesus, teaching in the Temple, cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. But I have not come by my own authority. I was sent by the One who is true, whom you don’t know. 29 But I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”
30 When Jesus said this, they tried to seize him. But no one was able to touch him, because it was not yet the right time. 31 But many of the people believed in Jesus. They said, “When the Christ comes, will he do more miracles than this man has done?”
The Leaders Try to Arrest Jesus
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus. So the leading priests and the Pharisees sent some Temple guards to arrest him. 33 Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer. Then I will go back to the One who sent me. 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me. And you cannot come where I am.”
35 Some people said to each other, “Where will this man go so we cannot find him? Will he go to the Greek cities where our people live and teach the Greek people there? 36 What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘You cannot come where I am’?”
Jesus Talks About the Spirit
37 On the last and most important day of the feast Jesus stood up and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 If anyone believes in me, rivers of living water will flow out from that person’s heart, as the Scripture says.” 39 Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit. The Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been raised to glory. But later, those who believed in Jesus would receive the Spirit.
The People Argue About Jesus
40 When the people heard Jesus’ words, some of them said, “This man really is the Prophet.”[c]
41 Others said, “He is the Christ.”
Still others said, “The Christ will not come from Galilee. 42 The Scripture says that the Christ will come from David’s family and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived.” 43 So the people did not agree with each other about Jesus. 44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one was able to touch him.
Some Leaders Won’t Believe
45 The Temple guards went back to the leading priests and the Pharisees, who asked, “Why didn’t you bring Jesus?”
46 The guards answered, “The words he says are greater than the words of any other person who has ever spoken!”
47 The Pharisees answered, “So Jesus has fooled you also! 48 Have any of the leaders or the Pharisees believed in him? No! 49 But these people, who know nothing about the law, are under God’s curse.”
50 Nicodemus, who had gone to see Jesus before, was in that group.[d] He said, 51 “Our law does not judge a person without hearing him and knowing what he has done.”
52 They answered, “Are you from Galilee, too? Study the Scriptures, and you will learn that no prophet comes from Galilee.”
Some of the earliest surviving Greek copies do not contain 7:53—8:11.
[53 And everyone left and went home.
Footnotes
- 7:8 yet Some Greek copies do not have this word.
- 7:19 law Moses gave God’s people the Law that God gave him on Mount Sinai (Exodus 34:29–32).
- 7:40 Prophet They probably meant the prophet God told Moses he would send (Deuteronomy 18:15–19).
- 7:50 Nicodemus . . . group. The story about Nicodemus going and talking to Jesus is in John 3:1–21.
La Palabra, (versión hispanoamericana) © 2010 Texto y Edición, Sociedad Bíblica de España
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