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.
Johannes 7
Svenska 1917
7 Därefter vandrade Jesus omkring i Galileen, ty i Judeen ville han icke vandra omkring, då nu judarna stodo efter att döda honom.
2 Men judarnas lövhyddohögtid var nu nära.
3 Då sade hans bröder till honom: »Begiv dig härifrån och gå till Judeen, så att också dina lärjungar få se de gärningar som du gör.
4 Ty ingen som vill vara känd bland människor utför sitt verk i hemlighet. Då du nu gör sådana gärningar, så träd öppet fram för världen.»
5 Det var nämligen så, att icke ens hans bröder trodde på honom.
6 Då sade Jesus till dem: »Min tid är ännu icke kommen, men för eder är tiden alltid läglig.
7 Världen kan icke hata eder, men mig hatar hon, eftersom jag vittnar om henne, att hennes gärningar äro onda.
8 Gån I upp till högtiden; jag är icke stadd på väg upp till denna högtid, ty min tid är ännu icke fullbordad.»
9 Detta sade han till dem och stannade så kvar i Galileen.
10 Men när hans bröder hade gått upp till högtiden, då gick också han ditupp, dock icke öppet, utan likasom i hemlighet.
11 Och judarna sökte efter honom under högtiden och sade: »Var är han?»
12 Och bland folket talades i tysthet mycket om honom. Somliga sade: »Han är en rättsinnig man», men andra sade: »Nej, han förvillar folket.»
13 Dock talade ingen öppet om honom, av fruktan för judarna.
14 Men när redan halva högtiden var förliden, gick Jesus upp i helgedomen och undervisade.
15 Då förundrade sig judarna och sade: »Varifrån har denne sin lärdom, han som icke har fått undervisning?»
16 Jesus svarade dem och sade: »Min lära är icke min, utan hans som har sänt mig.
17 Om någon vill göra hans vilja, så skall han förstå om denna lära är från Gud, eller om jag talar av mig själv.
18 Den som talar av sig själv, han söker sin egen ära; men den som söker dens ära, som har sänt honom, han är sannfärdig, och orättfärdighet finnes icke i honom. --
19 Har icke Moses givit eder lagen? Och likväl fullgör ingen av eder lagen. Varför stån I efter att döda mig?»
20 Folket svarade: »Du är besatt av en ond ande. Vem står efter att döda dig?»
21 Jesus svarade och sade till dem: »En gärning allenast gjorde jag, och alla förundren I eder över den.
22 Moses har givit eder omskärelsen -- icke som om den vore ifrån Moses, ty den är ifrån fäderna -- och så omskären I människor också på en sabbat.
23 Om nu en människa undfår omskärelsen på en sabbat, för att Moses' lag icke skall göras om intet, huru kunnen I då vredgas på mig, därför att jag på en sabbat gjorde en människa hel och frisk?
24 Dömen icke efter skenet, utan dömen en rätt dom.»
25 Då sade några av folket i Jerusalem: »Är det icke denne som de stå efter att döda?
26 Och ändå får han tala fritt, utan att de säga något till honom. Hava då rådsherrarna verkligen blivit förvissade om att denne är Messias?
27 Dock, denne känna vi, och vi veta varifrån han är; men när Messias kommer, känner ingen varifrån han är.»
28 Då sade Jesus med hög röst, där han undervisade i helgedomen: »Javäl, I kännen mig, och I veten varifrån jag är. Likväl har jag icke kommit av mig själv, men han som har sänt mig är en som verkligen har myndighet att sända, han som I icke kännen.
29 Men jag känner honom, ty från honom är jag kommen, och han har sänt mig.»
30 Då ville de gripa honom; dock kom ingen med sin hand vid honom, ty hans stund var ännu icke kommen.
31 Men många av folket trodde på honom, och de sade: »Icke skall väl Messias, när han kommer, göra flera tecken än denne har gjort?»
32 Sådant fingo fariséerna höra folket i tysthet tala om honom. Då sände översteprästerna och fariséerna ut rättstjänare för att gripa honom.
33 Men Jesus sade: »Ännu en liten tid är jag hos eder; sedan går jag bort till honom som har sänt mig.
34 I skolen då söka efter mig, men I skolen icke finna mig, och där jag är, dit kunnen I icke komma.»
35 Då sade judarna till varandra: »Vart tänker denne gå, eftersom vi icke skola kunna finna honom? Månne han tänker gå till dem som bo kringspridda bland grekerna? Tänker han då undervisa grekerna?
36 Vad betyder det ord som han sade: 'I skolen söka efter mig, men I skolen icke finna mig, och där jag är, dit kunnen I icke komma'?»
37 På den sista dagen i högtiden, som ock var den förnämsta, stod Jesus där och ropade och sade: »Om någon törstar, så komme han till mig och dricke.
38 Den som tror på mig, av hans innersta skola strömmar av levande vatten flyta fram, såsom skriften säger.»
39 Detta sade han om Anden, vilken de som trodde på honom skulle undfå; ty ande var då ännu icke given, eftersom Jesus ännu icke hade blivit förhärligad.
40 Några av folket, som hörde dessa ord, sade då: »Denne är förvisso Profeten.»
41 Andra sade: »Han är Messias.» Andra åter sade: »Icke kommer väl Messias från Galileen?
42 Säger icke skriften att Messias skall komma av Davids säd och från den lilla staden Betlehem, där David bodde?
43 Så uppstodo för hans skull stridiga meningar bland folket,
44 och somliga av dem ville gripa honom; dock kom ingen med sin hand vid honom.
45 När sedan rättstjänarna kommo tillbaka till översteprästerna och fariséerna, frågade dessa dem: »Varför haven I icke fört honom hit?»
46 Tjänarna svarade: »Aldrig har någon människa talat, som den mannen talar.»
47 Då svarade fariséerna dem: »Haven nu också I blivit förvillade?
48 Har då någon av rådsherrarna trott på honom? Eller någon av fariséerna?
49 Nej; men detta folk, som icke känner lagen, det är förbannat.
50 Då sade Nikodemus till dem, han som förut hade besökt honom, och som själv var en av dem:
51 »Icke dömer väl vår lag någon, utan att man först har förhört honom och utrönt vad han förehar?»
52 De svarade och sade till honom: »Kanske också du är från Galileen? Rannsaka, så skall du finna att ingen profet kommer från Galileen.» Evangelium enligt Johannes, 8 Kapitlet [Äktenskapsbryterskan inför Jesus.] Jesus vittnar om sig själv, att han är världens ljus; undervisar och bestraffar folket. Judarna vilja stena honom.
53 [Och de gingo hem, var och en till sitt.
John 7
English Standard Version
Jesus at the Feast of Booths
7 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because (A)the Jews[a] were seeking to kill him. 2 Now (B)the Jews' Feast of (C)Booths was at hand. 3 (D)So his brothers[b] said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. 4 For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, (E)show yourself to the world.” 5 (F)For not even (G)his brothers believed in him. 6 Jesus said to them, (H)“My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. 7 The world cannot hate you, but (I)it hates me because I testify about it that (J)its works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not[c] going up to this feast, for (K)my time has not yet fully come.” 9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.
10 But after (L)his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. 11 (M)The Jews (N)were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” 12 And there was much (O)muttering about him among the people. (P)While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, (Q)he is leading the people astray.” 13 Yet (R)for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.
14 About the middle of the feast Jesus went up (S)into the temple and began teaching. 15 The Jews therefore (T)marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,[d] when he has never studied?” 16 So Jesus answered them, (U)“My teaching is not mine, but his (V)who sent me. 17 (W)If anyone's will is to do God's[e] will, (X)he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I (Y)am speaking on my own authority. 18 The one who speaks on his own authority (Z)seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. 19 (AA)Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. (AB)Why do you seek to kill me?” 20 The crowd answered, (AC)“You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” 21 Jesus answered them, “I did (AD)one work, and you all marvel at it. 22 (AE)Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but (AF)from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, (AG)are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well? 24 (AH)Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”
Can This Be the Christ?
25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom (AI)they seek to kill? 26 And here he is, (AJ)speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that (AK)the authorities really know that this is the Christ? 27 But (AL)we know (AM)where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, (AN)no one will know where he comes from.” 28 So Jesus proclaimed, (AO)as he taught in the temple, (AP)“You know me, and you know where I come from. But (AQ)I have not come of my own accord. (AR)He who sent me is true, (AS)and him you do not know. 29 (AT)I know him, for I come (AU)from him, and (AV)he sent me.” 30 (AW)So they were seeking to arrest him, but (AX)no one laid a hand on him, (AY)because his hour had not yet come. 31 Yet (AZ)many of the people believed in him. They said, (BA)“When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”
Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd (BB)muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent (BC)officers to arrest him. 33 Jesus then said, (BD)“I will be with you a little longer, and then (BE)I am going to him who sent me. 34 (BF)You will seek me and you will not find me. 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? (BG)Does he intend to go to (BH)the Dispersion among (BI)the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean by saying, (BJ)‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”
Rivers of Living Water
37 (BK)On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, (BL)“If anyone thirsts, let him (BM)come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, (BN)as[f] the Scripture has said, (BO)‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of (BP)living water.’” 39 Now (BQ)this he said about the Spirit, (BR)whom those who believed in him were to receive, (BS)for as yet the Spirit had not been (BT)given, (BU)because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Division Among the People
40 When they heard these words, (BV)some of the people said, “This really is (BW)the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is (BX)the Christ.” But some said, (BY)“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes (BZ)from the offspring of David, and comes (CA)from Bethlehem, the village (CB)where David was?” 43 So there was (CC)a division among the people over him. 44 (CD)Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 (CE)The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, (CF)“No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 The Pharisees answered them, (CG)“Have you also been deceived? 48 (CH)Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” 50 (CI)Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 (CJ)“Does our law judge a man without first (CK)giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, (CL)“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that (CM)no prophet arises from Galilee.”
[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.][g]
The Woman Caught in Adultery
[[53 They went each to his own house,
Footnotes
- John 7:1 Or Judeans; Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time
- John 7:3 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 10
- John 7:8 Some manuscripts add yet
- John 7:15 Or this man knows his letters
- John 7:17 Greek his
- John 7:38 Or let him come to me, and let him who believes in me drink. As
- John 7:53 Some manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11; others add the passage here or after 7:36 or after 21:25 or after Luke 21:38, with variations in the text
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
