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Die ungläubigen Brüder Jesu

Darnach zog Jesus umher in Galiläa; denn er wollte nicht in Judäa umherziehen, weil die Juden ihn zu töten suchten.

Es war aber das Laubhüttenfest der Juden nahe. Da sprachen seine Brüder zu ihm: Brich doch auf von hier und ziehe nach Judäa, damit auch deine Jünger die Werke sehen, die du tust! Denn niemand tut etwas im Verborgenen und sucht doch öffentlich bekannt zu sein. Wenn du solches tust, so offenbare dich der Welt! Denn auch seine Brüder glaubten nicht an ihn.

Da spricht Jesus zu ihnen: Meine Zeit ist noch nicht da; aber eure Zeit ist immer bereit. Die Welt kann euch nicht hassen, mich aber haßt sie; denn ich bezeuge von ihr, daß ihre Werke böse sind. Gehet ihr hinauf zum Fest; ich gehe nicht zu diesem Fest hinauf, denn meine Zeit ist noch nicht erfüllt. Solches sagte er zu ihnen und blieb in Galiläa.

Jesus geht im Verborgenen nach Jerusalem zum Laubhüttenfest

10 Nachdem aber seine Brüder zum Fest hinaufgegangen waren, ging auch er hinauf, nicht öffentlich, sondern wie im Verborgenen. 11 Da suchten ihn die Juden am Fest und sprachen: Wo ist er? 12 Und es gab viel Gemurmel seinetwegen unter dem Volk. Etliche sagten: Er ist gut; andere aber sprachen: Nein, sondern er verführt das Volk. 13 Doch redete niemand freimütig über ihn, aus Furcht vor den Juden.

Jesus lehrt im Tempel während des Festes

14 Als aber das Fest schon zur Hälfte verflossen war, ging Jesus in den Tempel hinauf und lehrte. 15 Und die Juden verwunderten sich und sprachen: Wie kennt dieser die Schrift? Er hat doch nicht studiert!

16 Da antwortete ihnen Jesus und sprach: Meine Lehre ist nicht mein, sondern dessen, der mich gesandt hat. 17 Will jemand seinen Willen tun, der wird innewerden, ob diese Lehre von Gott sei, oder ob ich aus mir selbst rede. 18 Wer aus sich selbst redet, der sucht seine eigene Ehre; wer aber die Ehre dessen sucht, der ihn gesandt hat, der ist wahrhaft, und keine Ungerechtigkeit ist in ihm. 19 Hat nicht Mose euch das Gesetz gegeben? Und doch tut keiner von euch das Gesetz. Warum sucht ihr mich zu töten? 20 Das Volk antwortete und sprach: Du hast einen Dämon! Wer sucht dich zu töten?

21 Jesus antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Ein Werk[a] habe ich getan, und ihr alle verwundert euch darüber. 22 Mose hat euch die Beschneidung gegeben (nicht daß sie von Mose kommt, sondern von den Vätern), und am Sabbat beschneidet ihr den Menschen. 23 Wenn ein Mensch am Sabbat die Beschneidung empfängt, damit das Gesetz[b] Moses nicht übertreten werde, was zürnet ihr mir denn, daß ich den ganzen Menschen am Sabbat gesund gemacht habe? 24 Richtet nicht nach dem Schein, sondern fället ein gerechtes Urteil.

Ist Jesus der Christus?

25 Da sprachen etliche von Jerusalem: Ist das nicht der, den sie zu töten suchen? 26 Und siehe, er redet öffentlich, und sie sagen ihm nichts. Haben etwa die Obersten wirklich erkannt, daß dieser der Christus[c] ist? 27 Doch von diesem wissen wir, woher er ist; wenn aber der Christus kommt, so wird niemand wissen, woher er ist.

28 Da rief Jesus, während er im Tempel lehrte, und sprach: Ja, ihr kennet mich und wisset, woher ich bin! Und doch bin ich nicht von mir selbst gekommen, sondern der Wahrhaftige ist es, der mich gesandt hat, welchen ihr nicht kennet. 29 Ich kenne ihn; denn von ihm bin ich, und er hat mich gesandt. 30 Da suchten sie ihn zu greifen; aber niemand legte Hand an ihn, denn seine Stunde war noch nicht gekommen.

31 Viele aber aus dem Volke glaubten an ihn und sprachen: Wenn der Christus kommt, wird er wohl mehr Zeichen tun, als dieser getan hat? 32 Die Pharisäer hörten, daß das Volk solches von ihm murmelte; darum sandten die Hohenpriester und die Pharisäer Diener ab, um ihn zu greifen.

33 Da sprach Jesus zu ihnen: Noch eine kleine Zeit bin ich bei euch, und dann gehe ich hin zu dem, der mich gesandt hat. 34 Ihr werdet mich suchen und nicht finden; und wo ich bin, dahin könnt ihr nicht kommen. 35 Da sprachen die Juden untereinander: Wohin will er denn gehen, daß wir ihn nicht finden sollen? Will er etwa zu den unter den Griechen Zerstreuten[d] gehen und die Griechen lehren? 36 Was soll das bedeuten, daß er sagt: Ihr werdet mich suchen und nicht finden, und wo ich bin, dahin könnt ihr nicht kommen?

Ströme lebendigen Wassers

37 Aber am letzten, dem großen Tage des Festes, stand Jesus auf, rief und sprach: Wenn jemand dürstet, der komme zu mir und trinke! 38 Wer an mich glaubt wie die Schrift sagt -, aus seinem Leibe werden Ströme lebendigen Wassers fließen. 39 Das sagte er aber von dem Geiste, den die empfangen sollten, welche an ihn glaubten; denn der heilige Geist war noch nicht[e] da, weil Jesus noch nicht verherrlicht war.

Verschiedene Meinungen der Juden. Versuche, Jesus festzunehmen

40 Viele nun aus dem Volke, die diese Rede hörten, sagten: Dieser ist wahrhaftig der Prophet. 41 Andere sagten: Er ist der Christus. Andere aber sagten: Christus kommt doch nicht aus Galiläa? 42 Sagt nicht die Schrift, daß der Christus aus der Nachkommenschaft Davids und aus dem Flecken Bethlehem, wo David war, kommen werde? 43 Also entstand seinetwegen eine Spaltung unter dem Volk. 44 Etliche aber von ihnen wollten ihn greifen, doch legte niemand Hand an ihn.

45 Nun kamen die Diener zu den Hohenpriestern und Pharisäern zurück, und diese sprachen zu ihnen: Warum habt ihr ihn nicht gebracht? 46 Die Diener antworteten: Nie hat ein Mensch so geredet wie dieser Mensch! 47 Da antworteten ihnen die Pharisäer: Seid auch ihr verführt worden? 48 Glaubt auch einer von den Obersten oder von den Pharisäern an ihn? 49 Aber dieser Pöbel, der das Gesetz nicht kennt, der ist unter dem Fluch!

50 Da spricht zu ihnen Nikodemus, der des Nachts zu ihm gekommen und einer der Ihren war:

51 Richtet auch unser Gesetz einen Menschen, man habe ihn denn zuvor selbst gehört und erkannt, was er tut? 52 Sie antworteten und sprachen zu ihm: Bist du auch aus Galiläa? Forsche nach, und du wirst sehen, daß aus Galiläa kein Prophet ersteht!

53 So ging jeder in sein Haus.

Footnotes

  1. Johannes 7:21 ein Werk, Heilung eines Kranken am Sabbat
  2. Johannes 7:23 das Gesetz, welches die Beschneidung auf den achten Tag nach der Geburt verordnete, ohne Rücksicht auf den Sabbat
  3. Johannes 7:26 Christus, o. Messias, s.a. V. 27, 31, 41 und 42
  4. Johannes 7:35 ...die Zerstreuten, Juden, die in den nichtjüdischen Nationen zerstreut lebten
  5. Johannes 7:39 noch nicht, d.h. noch nicht ausgegossen, wie dies an Pfingsten, nach der Verherrlichung Christi, geschah

The Unbelief of Jesus’ Brothers

After this, Jesus traveled in Galilee,(A) since He did not want to travel in Judea(B) because the Jews(C) were trying to kill Him.(D) The Jewish Festival of Tabernacles[a][b](E) was near, so His brothers(F) said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea so Your disciples can see Your works(G) that You are doing. For no one does anything in secret while he’s seeking public recognition. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” (For not even His brothers believed in Him.)

Jesus told them, “My time(H) has not yet arrived, but your time is always at hand. The world cannot hate(I) you, but it does hate Me because I testify about it—that its deeds are evil. Go up to the festival yourselves. I’m not going up to the festival yet,[c] because My time has not yet fully come.” After He had said these things, He stayed in Galilee.

Jesus at the Festival of Tabernacles

10 After His brothers had gone up to the festival, then He also went up, not openly but secretly. 11 The Jews were looking for Him at the festival and saying, “Where is He?” 12 And there was a lot of discussion about Him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good(J) man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He’s deceiving(K) the people.” 13 Still, nobody was talking publicly about Him because they feared the Jews.

14 When the festival was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple complex(L) and began to teach. 15 Then the Jews were amazed and said, “How does He know the Scriptures,(M) since He hasn’t been trained?”

16 Jesus answered them, “My teaching isn’t Mine but is from the One who sent Me.(N) 17 If anyone wants to do His will,(O) he will understand whether the teaching is from God or if I am speaking on My own. 18 The one who speaks for himself seeks his own glory.(P) But He who seeks the glory(Q) of the One who sent Him is true,(R) and there is no unrighteousness in Him.(S) 19 Didn’t Moses(T) give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law!(U) Why do you want to kill Me?”

20 “You have a demon!” the crowd responded. “Who wants to kill You?”

21 “I did one work,(V) and you are all amazed,” Jesus answered. 22 “Consider this: Moses has given you circumcision(W)—not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers(X)—and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.(Y) 23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath(Z) so that the law of Moses(AA) won’t be broken, are you angry at Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath? 24 Stop judging(AB) according to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment.”

The Identity of the Messiah

25 Some of the people of Jerusalem(AC) were saying, “Isn’t this the man they want to kill? 26 Yet, look! He’s speaking publicly and they’re saying nothing to Him. Can it be true that the authorities(AD) know He is the Messiah?(AE) 27 But we know where this man is from.(AF) When the Messiah comes, nobody will know where He is from.”

28 As He was teaching in the temple complex,(AG) Jesus cried out, “You know Me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on My own, but the One who sent Me(AH) is true. You don’t know Him;(AI) 29 I know Him because I am from Him, and He sent Me.”(AJ)

30 Then they tried to seize Him. Yet no one laid a hand on Him because His hour[d] had not yet come. 31 However, many from the crowd believed in Him and said, “When the Messiah comes, He won’t perform more signs than this man has done,(AK) will He?”

32 The Pharisees(AL) heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, so the chief priests(AM) and the Pharisees sent temple police to arrest Him.

33 Then Jesus said, “I am only with you for a short time.(AN) Then I’m 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 Then the Jews(AQ) said to one another, “Where does He intend to go so we won’t find Him? He doesn’t intend to go to the Dispersion[e](AR) among the Greeks(AS) and teach the Greeks, does He? 36 What is this remark He made: ‘You will look for Me, and you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’(AT)?”

The Promise of the Spirit

37 On the last and most important day of the festival,(AU) Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, he should come to Me[f](AV) and drink!(AW) 38 The one who believes in Me,(AX) as the Scripture(AY) has said,[g] will have streams of living water(AZ) flow(BA) from deep within him.” 39 He said this about the Spirit.(BB) Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit,(BC) for the Spirit[h] had not yet been received[i][j] because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

The People Are Divided over Jesus

40 When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, “This really is the Prophet!”[k](BD) 41 Others said, “This is the Messiah!” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does He? 42 Doesn’t the Scripture(BE) say that the Messiah comes from David’s(BF) offspring[l] and from the town of Bethlehem,(BG) where David once lived?” 43 So a division(BH) occurred among the crowd because of Him. 44 Some of them wanted to seize Him,(BI) but no one laid hands on Him.

Debate over Jesus’ Claims

45 Then the temple police(BJ) came to the chief priests(BK) and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why haven’t you brought Him?”

46 The police answered, “No man ever spoke like this!”[m](BL)

47 Then the Pharisees responded to them: “Are you fooled(BM) too? 48 Have any of the rulers(BN) or Pharisees believed in Him? 49 But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed!”

50 Nicodemus(BO)—the one who came to Him previously, being one of them—said to them, 51 “Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”(BP)

52 “You aren’t from Galilee(BQ) too, are you?” they replied. “Investigate and you will see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”[n](BR)

[53 So each one went to his house.

Footnotes

  1. John 7:2 Or Booths
  2. John 7:2 One of 3 great Jewish religious festivals, along with Passover and Pentecost; Ex 23:14; Dt 16:16
  3. John 7:8 Other mss omit yet
  4. John 7:30 The time of His sacrificial death and exaltation; Jn 2:4; 8:20; 12:23,27; 13:1; 17:1
  5. John 7:35 Jewish people scattered throughout Gentile lands who spoke Gk and were influenced by Gk culture
  6. John 7:37 Other mss omit to Me
  7. John 7:38 Jesus may have had several OT passages in mind; Is 58:11; Ezk 47:1-12; Zch 14:8
  8. John 7:39 Other mss read Holy Spirit
  9. John 7:39 Other mss read had not yet been given
  10. John 7:39 Lit the Spirit was not yet; the word received is implied from the previous clause.
  11. John 7:40 Probably the Prophet in Dt 18:15
  12. John 7:42 Lit seed
  13. John 7:46 Other mss read like this man
  14. John 7:52 Jonah and probably other prophets did come from Galilee; 2Kg 14:25

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.”