John 7
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Chapter 7
The Feast of Tabernacles. 1 [a]After this, Jesus moved about within Galilee; but he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him.(A) 2 But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near.(B) 3 So his brothers[b] said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. 4 No one works in secret if he wants to be known publicly. If you do these things, manifest yourself to the world.”(C) 5 For his brothers did not believe in him. 6 [c]So Jesus said to them, “My time is not yet here, but the time is always right for you. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I testify to it that its works are evil.(D) 8 You go up to the feast. I am not going up[d] to this feast, because my time has not yet been fulfilled.” 9 After he had said this, he stayed on in Galilee.
10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but [as it were] in secret. 11 The Jews were looking for him at the feast and saying, “Where is he?” 12 And there was considerable murmuring about him in the crowds. Some said, “He is a good man,” [while] others said, “No; on the contrary, he misleads the crowd.” 13 Still, no one spoke openly about him because they were afraid of the Jews.(E)
The First Dialogue.[e] 14 When the feast was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple area and began to teach. 15 [f](F)The Jews were amazed and said, “How does he know scripture without having studied?” 16 Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not my own but is from the one who sent me. 17 Whoever chooses to do his will[g] shall know whether my teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own.(G) 18 Whoever speaks on his own seeks his own glory, but whoever seeks the glory of the one who sent him is truthful, and there is no wrong in him. 19 Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”(H) 20 The crowd answered, “You are possessed![h] Who is trying to kill you?”(I) 21 Jesus answered and said to them, “I performed one work[i] and all of you are amazed(J) 22 because of it. Moses gave you circumcision—not that it came from Moses but rather from the patriarchs—and you circumcise a man on the sabbath.(K) 23 If a man can receive circumcision on a sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole person well on a sabbath?(L) 24 Stop judging by appearances, but judge justly.”(M)
25 So some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, “Is he not the one they are trying to kill? 26 And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities[j] have realized that he is the Messiah? 27 But we know where he is from. When the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”(N) 28 So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, “You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true.(O) 29 I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”(P) 30 So they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.(Q) 31 But many of the crowd began to believe in him, and said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man has done?”(R)
Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus.[k] 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring about him to this effect, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent guards to arrest him. 33 So Jesus said, “I will be with you only a little while longer, and then I will go to the one who sent me.(S) 34 You will look for me but not find [me], and where I am you cannot come.”(T) 35 So the Jews said to one another, “Where is he going that we will not find him? Surely he is not going to the dispersion[l] among the Greeks to teach the Greeks, is he? 36 What is the meaning of his saying, ‘You will look for me and not find [me], and where I am you cannot come’?”
Rivers of Living Water.[m] 37 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and exclaimed, “Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink.(U) 38 Whoever believes in me, as scripture says:
39 He said this in reference to the Spirit that those who came to believe in him were to receive. There was, of course, no Spirit yet,[o] because Jesus had not yet been glorified.(W)
Discussion About the Origins of the Messiah.[p] 40 Some in the crowd who heard these words said, “This is truly the Prophet.”(X) 41 Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But others said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee, will he? 42 Does not scripture say that the Messiah will be of David’s family and come from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”(Y) 43 So a division occurred in the crowd because of him. 44 Some of them even wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 So the guards went to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The guards answered, “Never before has anyone spoken like this one.” 47 So the Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived? 48 Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?(Z) 49 But this crowd, which does not know the law, is accursed.” 50 Nicodemus, one of their members who had come to him earlier, said to them,(AA) 51 “Does our law condemn a person before it first hears him and finds out what he is doing?”(AB) 52 They answered and said to him, “You are not from Galilee also, are you? Look and see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”
Chapter 8
A Woman Caught in Adultery.[q] [53 Then each went to his own house,
Footnotes
- 7–8 These chapters contain events about the feast of Tabernacles (Sukkoth, Ingathering: Ex 23:16; Tents, Booths: Dt 16:13–16), with its symbols of booths (originally built to shelter harvesters), rain (water from Siloam poured on the temple altar), and lights (illumination of the four torches in the Court of the Women). They continue the theme of the replacement of feasts (Passover, Jn 2:13; 6:4; Hanukkah, Jn 10:22; Pentecost, Jn 5:1), here accomplished by Jesus as the Living Water. These chapters comprise seven miscellaneous controversies and dialogues. There is a literary inclusion with Jesus in hiding in Jn 7:4, 10; 8:59. There are frequent references to attempts on his life: Jn 7:1, 13, 19, 25, 30, 32, 44; 8:37, 40, 59.
- 7:3 Brothers: these relatives (cf. Jn 2:12 and see note on Mk 6:3) are never portrayed as disciples until after the resurrection (Acts 1:14). Mt 13:55 and Mk 6:3 give the names of four of them. Jesus has already performed works/signs in Judea; cf. Jn 2:23; 3:2; 4:45; 5:8.
- 7:6 Time: the Greek word means “opportune time,” here a synonym for Jesus’ “hour” (see note on Jn 2:4), his death and resurrection. In the wordplay, any time is suitable for Jesus’ brothers, because they are not dependent on God’s will.
- 7:8 I am not going up: an early attested reading “not yet” seems a correction, since Jesus in the story does go up to the feast. “Go up,” in a play on words, refers not only to going up to Jerusalem but also to exaltation at the cross, resurrection, and ascension; cf. Jn 3:14; 6:62; 20:17.
- 7:14–31 Jesus teaches in the temple; debate with the Jews.
- 7:15 Without having studied: literally, “How does he know letters without having learned?” Children were taught to read and write by means of the scriptures. But here more than Jesus’ literacy is being discussed; the people are wondering how he can teach like a rabbi. Rabbis were trained by other rabbis and traditionally quoted their teachers.
- 7:17 To do his will: presumably a reference back to the “work” of Jn 6:29: belief in the one whom God has sent.
- 7:20 You are possessed: literally, “You have a demon.” The insane were thought to be possessed by a demoniacal spirit.
- 7:21 One work: the cure of the paralytic (Jn 5:1–9) because of the reference to the sabbath (Jn 7:22; 5:9–10).
- 7:26 The authorities: the members of the Sanhedrin (same term as Jn 3:1).
- 7:32–36 Jesus announces his approaching departure (cf. also Jn 8:21; 12:36; 13:33) and complete control over his destiny.
- 7:35 Dispersion: or “diaspora”: Jews living outside Palestine. Greeks: probably refers to the Gentiles in the Mediterranean area; cf. Jn 12:20.
- 7:37, 39 Promise of living water through the Spirit.
- 7:38 Living water: not an exact quotation from any Old Testament passage; in the gospel context the gift of the Spirit is meant; cf. Jn 3:5. From within him: either Jesus or the believer; if Jesus, it continues the Jesus-Moses motif (water from the rock, Ex 17:6; Nm 20:11) as well as Jesus as the new temple (cf. Ez 47:1). Grammatically, it goes better with the believer.
- 7:39 No Spirit yet: Codex Vaticanus and early Latin, Syriac, and Coptic versions add “given.” In this gospel, the sending of the Spirit cannot take place until Jesus’ glorification through his death, resurrection, and ascension; cf. Jn 20:22.
- 7:40–53 Discussion of the Davidic lineage of the Messiah.
- 7:53–8:11 The story of the woman caught in adultery is a later insertion here, missing from all early Greek manuscripts. A Western text-type insertion, attested mainly in Old Latin translations, it is found in different places in different manuscripts: here, or after Jn 7:36 or at the end of this gospel, or after Lk 21:38, or at the end of that gospel. There are many non-Johannine features in the language, and there are also many doubtful readings within the passage. The style and motifs are similar to those of Luke, and it fits better with the general situation at the end of Lk 21, but it was probably inserted here because of the allusion to Jer 17:13 (cf. note on Jn 8:6) and the statement, “I do not judge anyone,” in Jn 8:15. The Catholic Church accepts this passage as canonical scripture.
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.
Johannesevangeliet 7
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Jesus går upp till lövhyddohögtiden
7 Därefter vandrade Jesus omkring i Galileen. Han ville inte vandra i Judeen, eftersom judarna var ute efter att döda honom.
2 Judarnas lövhyddohögtid[a] närmade sig. 3 Hans bröder sade till honom: "Ge dig av härifrån och gå bort till Judeen, så att dina lärjungar också får se de gärningar du gör. 4 Man gör inte saker i hemlighet om man vill bli känd. Om du gör sådana gärningar, visa dig då öppet för världen!" 5 (A) Inte ens hans bröder trodde på honom.
6 Jesus sade till dem: "Min tid har inte kommit än, men för er är det alltid rätt tid. 7 (B) Världen kan inte hata er, men mig hatar den därför att jag vittnar om att dess gärningar är onda. 8 Gå ni upp till högtiden. Jag går inte upp till den här högtiden än[b], för min tid är ännu inte inne." 9 Så sade han och stannade i Galileen.
10 Men när hans bröder hade gått upp till högtiden gick han också dit, inte öppet utan i hemlighet. 11 Judarna sökte efter honom under högtiden och frågade: "Var är han?" 12 Och bland folket talades det mycket i det tysta om honom. En del sade: "Han är god." Andra sade: "Nej, han förleder folket." 13 (C) Men ingen talade öppet om honom av rädsla för judarna.
14 När halva högtiden redan var över gick Jesus upp till tempelplatsen och började undervisa. 15 (D) Judarna blev förvånade och sade: "Hur kan han känna Skrifterna, han som inte har studerat[c]?" 16 (E) Jesus svarade: "Min lära är inte min, den kommer från honom som har sänt mig. 17 Om någon vill göra hans vilja ska han förstå om min lära är från Gud eller om jag talar av mig själv. 18 (F) Den som talar av sig själv söker sin egen ära. Men den som söker hans ära som har sänt honom, han är sann och ingen orättfärdighet finns i honom.
19 (G) Har inte Mose gett er lagen? Ändå håller ingen av er lagen. Varför vill ni döda mig?" 20 (H) Folket svarade: "Du är besatt. Vem vill döda dig?" 21 (I) Jesus sade: "En enda sak gjorde jag[d], och ni blev alla förundrade. 22 (J) Mose har gett er omskärelsen – egentligen kommer den inte från Mose utan från fäderna – och därför omskär ni människor även på sabbaten. 23 Om nu en människa får ta emot omskärelsen på sabbaten för att Mose lag inte ska upphävas, hur kan ni då bli arga på mig för att jag gjort hela människan frisk på en sabbat? 24 (K) Döm inte efter skenet, utan döm rätt!"
Vem är Jesus?
25 (L) Några av invånarna i Jerusalem sade då: "Är det inte honom de vill döda? 26 Nu talar han öppet, och de säger ingenting till honom. Rådsherrarna har väl inte erkänt att han verkligen är Messias? 27 Den här mannen vet vi ju varifrån han är, men när Messias kommer ska ingen veta varifrån han är."[e]
28 (M) Då ropade Jesus där han var på tempelplatsen och undervisade: "Ja, mig känner ni och vet varifrån jag är! Men jag har inte kommit av mig själv, utan det finns en som är sann och som har sänt mig. Honom känner ni inte. 29 (N) Jag känner honom, för jag är från honom och han har sänt mig." 30 (O) Då ville de gripa honom, men ingen bar hand på honom eftersom hans stund ännu inte hade kommit.
31 (P) Bland folket kom många till tro på honom, och de sade: "När Messias kommer, ska han då göra fler tecken än den här mannen har gjort?" 32 Fariseerna hörde hur folket viskade så om honom, och översteprästerna och fariseerna skickade ut tempelvakter för att gripa honom.
33 (Q) Jesus sade då: "Ännu en kort tid är jag hos er innan jag går till honom som har sänt mig. 34 (R) Ni ska söka mig och inte finna mig, och dit där jag är kan ni inte komma." 35 Judarna sade till varandra: "Vart tänker han ta vägen, eftersom vi inte ska finna honom? Tänker han gå till dem som bor utspridda[f] bland grekerna och undervisa dem? 36 Vad menar han när han säger: Ni ska söka mig och inte finna mig, och dit där jag är kan ni inte komma?"
37 (S) På den sista dagen, den största i högtiden, stod Jesus och ropade: "Om någon är törstig, kom till mig och drick![g] 38 Den som tror på mig, som Skriften säger[h], ur hans innersta ska strömmar av levande vatten[i] flyta fram." 39 (T) Detta sade han om Anden, som de skulle få som trodde på honom. Anden hade nämligen inte kommit än, eftersom Jesus ännu inte hade blivit förhärligad.
40 Några i folkmassan som hörde hans ord sade: "Han måste vara Profeten." 41 (U) Andra sade: "Han är Messias", men andra sade: "Messias kommer väl inte från Galileen? 42 Säger inte Skriften att Messias kommer från Davids ätt och från Betlehem, byn där David bodde?"[j] 43 (V) Så blev det splittring bland folket för hans skull. 44 Några ville gripa honom, men ingen bar hand på honom.
45 Tempelvakterna kom tillbaka till översteprästerna och fariseerna, som frågade dem: "Varför har ni inte fört hit honom?" 46 (W) De svarade: "Aldrig har någon människa talat som han." 47 Då sade fariseerna till dem: "Har ni också blivit förledda? 48 (X) Finns det någon bland rådsherrarna eller fariseerna som tror på honom? 49 Men den här folkhopen som inte kan lagen, den är förbannad."
50 (Y) Nikodemus, han som tidigare hade kommit till Jesus och som var en av dem, sade: 51 (Z) "Vår lag dömer väl inte någon utan att man först hör honom och tar reda på vad han har gjort?" 52 De svarade: "Är du också från Galileen? Sök i Skriften, så ser du att ingen profet kommer[k] från Galileen."
Footnotes
- 7:2 Judarnas lövhyddohögtid På hebreiska Suckót, en glad skördefest (5 Mos 16:13-15) då man under sju dagars tid flyttar ut i lövhyddor för att minnas Guds välgärningar under ökenvandringen (3 Mos 23:34f).
- 7:8 än Ordet saknas i vissa handskrifter.
- 7:15 inte har studerat Dvs hos någon av rabbinerna (jfr Apg 22:3).
- 7:21 En enda sak gjorde jag När Jesus botade den lame vid Betesdadammen (Joh 5:1-18).
- 7:27 när Messias kommer ska ingen veta varifrån han är Många tänkte sig Messias ankomst som plötslig och oväntad utifrån profetior som Mal 3:1 och Dan 7:13. Mikas profetia förutsade dock hans födelse i Betlehem (Mika 5:2, jfr Matt 2:5).
- 7:35 dem som bor utspridda På grekiska diasporá, de judar som bor utanför Israels land (jfr Apg 15:21).
- 7:37f Annan översättning: "Om någon är törstig, kom till mig! Och drick, 38den som tror på mig! Som Skriften säger: Ur hans innersta ska strömmar av levande vatten flyta fram."
- 7:38 Den som tror på mig, som Skriften säger Annan översättning: "Den som tror på mig så som Skriften säger".
- 7:38 strömmar av levande vatten Vid lövhyddohögtidens vattenceremoni öste man vatten över altaret medan församlingen sjöng: "Med fröjd ska ni ösa vatten ur frälsningens källor" (Jes 12:3). Jesu hebreiska namn Jeshúa kommer av ordet för frälsning, jeshuá, vilket gav kontaktpunkten för Jesu inbjudan (jfr även Jer 2:13).
- 7:42 Se 2 Sam 7:12f, Mika 5:2.
- 7:52 att ingen profet kommer Annan översättning: "att Profeten inte kommer" (se not till 1:21). Jona och Nahum var båda från Galileen.
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