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Johannes 7
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Jezus op het Loofhuttenfeest

7 Daarna trok Jezus rond door Galilea. Want Hij wilde niet door Judea rondreizen, omdat de Joodse leiders daar Hem wilden doden. 2 Het was bijna Loofhuttenfeest.[a] 3 Jezus' broers zeiden spottend tegen Hem: "Ga toch naar Judea. Want ook je leerlingen dáár moeten de geweldige dingen zien die Jij doet. 4 Want iemand die bekend wil worden, moet niet tegelijk proberen om niet op te vallen. Als Jij dan zo graag bijzondere dingen wil doen, zorg er dan voor dat alle mensen het horen en zien." 5 Want ook Jezus' broers geloofden Hem niet. 6 Jezus zei tegen hen: "Daar is het nog niet de tijd voor. Jullie kunnen doen wat jullie willen. 7 Jullie worden niet door de mensen gehaat. Maar Mij haten ze wel. Want Ik zeg tegen de mensen dat ze slechte dingen doen. 8 Gaan jullie maar naar het feest. Ik ga nu nog niet. Het is voor Mij nog niet de juiste tijd om erheen te gaan." 9 Daarna bleef Hij nog een poosje in Galilea. 10 Maar zijn broers vertrokken naar het feest.

Na een poosje ging Jezus Zelf ook. Maar voorzichtig, zodat de mensen het niet zouden merken. 11 De Joodse leiders zochten Hem op het feest. Ze zeiden: "Waar is Hij dan toch?" 12 En er werd veel maar voorzichtig over Hem gepraat. Sommige mensen zeiden: "Hij is goed." Maar anderen zeiden: "Nee, Hij leert de mensen verkeerde dingen." 13 Maar niemand durfde hardop te zeggen wat hij van Jezus vond. Want iedereen was bang voor de Joodse leiders.

14 Maar toen het feest al op de helft was, ging Jezus naar de tempel. Daar begon Hij les te geven. 15 De Joodse leiders waren heel verbaasd over Hem en zeiden tegen elkaar: "Hoe kan het dat deze Man zoveel van de Boeken weet, zonder dat Hij heeft gestudeerd?" 16 Jezus antwoordde: "Wat Ik zeg, weet Ik niet van Mijzelf. Ik weet het van Hem die Mij heeft gestuurd. 17 Mensen die ernaar verlangen om altijd te doen wat God wil, zullen weten of wat Ik zeg van God komt, of dat Ik het Zelf bedacht heb. 18 Iemand die zijn eigen ideeën brengt, wil graag zelf geprezen worden. Maar iemand die wil dat de persoon die hem heeft gestuurd, geprezen wordt, is eerlijk en heeft geen oneerlijke bedoelingen. 19 Mozes heeft jullie toch de wet gegeven? Toch doen jullie geen van allen wat de wet van Mozes zegt. Want waarom willen jullie Mij doden?" 20 De mensen zeiden: "U bent gek. Wie wil U dan doden?" 21 Jezus antwoordde: "Als Ik één ding doe, zijn jullie al boos. 22 Mozes heeft jullie gezegd dat jullie pasgeboren jongetjes moeten besnijden, zelfs als het de heilige rustdag is. Dat deden onze voorouders trouwens al lang vóórdat Mozes dat zei.[b] 23 Iemand mag dus op de heilige rustdag besneden worden, omdat dat moet van de wet van Mozes. Waarom zijn jullie dan boos op Mij, als Ik op de heilige rustdag iemand helemaal gezond maak? 24 Veroordeel iets niet onmiddellijk, maar denk er eerst eerlijk over na voordat jullie je mening geven."

25 Sommige Jeruzalemmers zeiden: "Dat is toch die Man die ze willen doden? 26 En moet je zien, nu is Hij daar zomaar aan het lesgeven en ze houden Hem niet tegen. Zouden onze leiders hebben begrepen dat Hij de Messias is? 27 Aan de andere kant: hoe zou Hij de Messias kunnen zijn? Want we weten waar deze Man vandaan komt. Maar volgens de Boeken zullen we niet weten waar de Messias vandaan komt." 28 Toen riep Jezus daar in de tempel uit: "Jullie kennen Mij en jullie weten waar Ik vandaan kom. Maar Ik ben niet voor Mijzelf gekomen. Iemand heeft Mij gestuurd, en Hem kennen jullie niet. Hij is één en al waarheid. 29 Maar Ik ken Hem wél, want Ik kom bij Hem vandaan. Hij heeft Mij gestuurd."

30 Toen probeerden ze Jezus gevangen te nemen. Maar niemand durfde Hem iets te doen, want het was daarvoor nog niet de juiste tijd.

31 Heel veel mensen gingen in Hem geloven. Ze zeiden: "Zou de Messias soms méér wonderen doen dan Hij?" 32 De Farizeeërs hoorden dat de mensen dit over Hem fluisterden. Daarom stuurden de leiders van de priesters en de Farizeeërs een aantal mannen van de tempelbewaking naar Hem toe. Zij moesten Hem gevangen nemen. 33 Jezus zei: "Ik ben nog maar korte tijd bij jullie. Daarna ga Ik terug naar Hem die Mij heeft gestuurd. 34 Dan zullen jullie Mij zoeken, maar niet vinden. Want waar Ik dan ben, kunnen jullie niet komen." 35 De Joden zeiden tegen elkaar: "Waar zou Hij dan heen gaan, dat we Hem niet zullen kunnen vinden? Zou Hij van plan zijn om naar de Joden in Griekenland te gaan en hén over al deze dingen te gaan lesgeven? 36 Wat bedoelt Hij dat we Hem zullen zoeken maar niet zullen kunnen vinden? En dat we niet kunnen komen waar Hij is?"

37 Op de laatste dag van het feest, de belangrijkste dag, stond Jezus op en riep: "Als je dorst hebt, moet je naar Mij toe komen en drinken! 38 Als je in Mij gelooft, zullen stromen van water dat leven geeft uit je binnenste stromen! Want dat is beloofd in de Boeken!"[c] 39 Met dit water bedoelde Hij de Heilige Geest. De mensen die in Hem zouden geloven, zouden de Heilige Geest krijgen. De Heilige Geest was er toen nog niet, omdat Jezus nog niet uit de dood was opgestaan en nog niet naar de hemel was teruggegaan.

40 Veel van de mensen die dit hoorden, zeiden: "Deze Man is beslist de profeet." 41 Anderen zeiden: "Hij is de Messias." Weer andere mensen zeiden: "De Messias komt toch niet uit Galilea? 42 De Boeken zeggen toch dat de Messias iemand uit de familie van koning David zal zijn en dat hij net als David in het dorp Betlehem zal worden geboren?" 43 Ze kregen er ruzie over. 44 En sommige mensen wilden Hem gevangen nemen, maar niemand durfde Hem iets te doen.

45 De mannen van de tempelbewaking gingen weer terug naar de leiders van de priesters en de Farizeeërs. Die vroegen hen: "Waarom hebben jullie Hem niet meegebracht?" 46 Ze antwoordden: "Nog nooit heeft iemand zulke bijzondere dingen gezegd als Hij!" 47 De Farizeeërs zeiden tegen hen: "Heeft Hij jullie ook al omgepraat? 48 Jullie leiders en de Farizeeërs geloven toch ook niet dat Hij de Messias is? 49 Alleen de gewone mensen geloven dat, doordat ze de wet van Mozes niet goed kennen. Vervloekt zijn ze!" 50 Nikodemus, die vroeger eens 's nachts naar Jezus was gekomen,[d] zei tegen hen: 51 "Volgens onze wet mag je iemand niet zomaar veroordelen. Eerst moet er goed uitgezocht worden wat er aan de hand is." 52 Ze antwoordden hem: "Kom jij soms ook uit Galilea? Zoek het maar op in de Boeken: uit Galilea zal geen profeet komen." 53 En ze gingen allemaal naar huis.

Footnotes

  1. Johannes 7:2 Voor het Loofhuttenfeest werden hutten gebouwd van takken met bladeren: loof. De Joden vierden dit feest om te denken aan de tocht van het volk Israël door de woestijn, toen de mensen in tenten woonden. Het was één van de drie grote feesten voor de Heer God. Het werd gevierd op de 15e dag van de zevende maand, aan het eind van de oogsttijd.
  2. Johannes 7:22 Alle Joodse mannen moesten hun geslachtsdeel laten besnijden. Dat was het teken van het verbond van God met het Joodse volk. Lees Genesis 17:9-14.
  3. Johannes 7:38 Lees Jesaja 55:1, Jesaja 58:11 en Jeremia 2:13.
  4. Johannes 7:50 Lees Johannes 3:1-21.
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John 7
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Jesus Teaches at the Feast

7 After these things Jesus (A)was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because (B)the Jews (C)were seeking to kill Him. 2 Now the feast of the Jews, (D)the Feast of Booths, was near. 3 So His (E)brothers said to Him, “Move on from here and go into Judea, so that Your (F)disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. 4 For no one does anything in secret [a]when he himself is striving to be known publicly. If You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.” 5 For not even His (G)brothers believed in Him. 6 So Jesus *said to them, “(H)My time is not yet here, but your time is always ready. 7 (I)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify about it, that (J)its deeds are evil. 8 Go up to the feast yourselves; I am not going up to this feast, because (K)My time has not yet fully arrived.” 9 Now having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.

10 But when His (L)brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as though in secret. 11 (M)So the Jews (N)were looking for Him at the feast and saying, “Where is He?” 12 And there was a great deal of talk about Him in secret among the crowds: (O)some were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He is misleading the people.” 13 However, no one was speaking openly about Him, for (P)fear of [b]the Jews.

14 But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple area, and began to (Q)teach. 15 (R)The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this Man (S)become learned, not having been educated?” 16 So Jesus answered them and said, “(T)My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me. 17 (U)If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God, or I am speaking from Myself. 18 The one who speaks from himself (V)seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

19 “(W)Did Moses not give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why are you (X)seeking to kill Me?” 20 The crowd answered, “(Y)You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill You?” 21 Jesus answered them, “I did (Z)one [c]deed, and you all are astonished. 22 For this reason (AA)Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from (AB)the fathers), and even on a Sabbath you circumcise a man. 23 (AC)If a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry at Me because I made an entire man well on a Sabbath? 24 Do not (AD)judge by the outward appearance, but judge [d]with righteous judgment.”

25 So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this Man not the one whom they are seeking to kill? 26 And yet look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. (AE)The rulers do not really know that this is the [e]Christ, do they? 27 However, (AF)we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.” 28 Then Jesus cried out in the temple, (AG)teaching and saying, “(AH)You both know Me and you know where I am from; and (AI)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. 29 (AJ)I do know Him, because (AK)I am from Him, and (AL)He sent Me.” 30 So they (AM)were seeking to arrest Him; and yet no one laid a hand on Him, because His (AN)hour had not yet come. 31 But (AO)many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “(AP)When the [f]Christ comes, He will not perform more [g](AQ)signs than those which this man has done, will He?”

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent (AR)officers to (AS)arrest Him. 33 Therefore Jesus said, “(AT)For a little while longer I am going to be with you, and then (AU)I am going to Him who sent Me. 34 (AV)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.” 35 (AW)The Jews then said to one another, “(AX)Where does this Man intend to go that we will not find Him? He does not intend to go to (AY)the Dispersion among (AZ)the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, does He? 36 What is this statement that He said, ‘(BA)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”

37 Now on (BB)the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “(BC)If anyone is thirsty, [h]let him come to Me and drink. 38 The one who believes in Me, (BD)as the Scripture said, ‘[i]From his innermost being will flow rivers of (BE)living water.’” 39 But this He said (BF)in reference to the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for (BG)the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet (BH)glorified.

People’s Division over Jesus

40 Some of the people therefore, after they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is (BI)the Prophet.” 41 Others were saying, “This is the [j]Christ.” But others were saying, “(BJ)Surely the [k]Christ is not coming from Galilee, is He? 42 Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from (BK)the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So (BL)a dissension occurred in the crowd because of Him. 44 And (BM)some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

45 The (BN)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” 46 The (BO)officers answered, “(BP)Never has a man spoken in this way!” 47 The Pharisees then replied to them, “(BQ)You have not been led astray too, have you? 48 (BR)Not one of (BS)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? 49 But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed!” 50 (BT)Nicodemus (the one who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them, 51 “(BU)Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” 52 They answered and said to him, “(BV)You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” 53 [[[l]And everyone went to his home.

Footnotes

  1. John 7:4 Lit and
  2. John 7:13 I.e., the Jewish leaders
  3. John 7:21 Or work
  4. John 7:24 Lit the righteous judgment
  5. John 7:26 I.e., Messiah
  6. John 7:31 I.e., Messiah
  7. John 7:31 I.e., confirming miracles
  8. John 7:37 Or come to Me and drink
  9. John 7:38 Lit Out of his belly
  10. John 7:41 I.e., Messiah
  11. John 7:41 I.e., Messiah
  12. John 7:53 Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as John 7:53-8:11
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John 7
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Jesus and his brothers

7 After this, Jesus visited many places in Galilee. He did not want to visit Judea because the Jewish leaders there wanted to kill him. 2 It was almost time for the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles.[a] 3 So Jesus' brothers said to him, ‘You should leave this place and you should go to Judea. Then your disciples will see the great things that you do. 4 Nobody does things secretly if he wants everyone to know him. You are doing these things, so you should show yourself to everybody.’ 5 Even his own brothers did not believe in him.

6 So Jesus said to them, ‘It is not the right time for me yet. For you, any time is right. 7 People who belong to this world cannot hate you. But they hate me. The things that they do are very bad. And I tell them that those things are wrong. That is why they hate me. 8 You should go to the festival. I will not go to it now, because it is not the right time for me yet.’ 9 After Jesus said that, he stayed in Galilee.

Jesus goes to the Festival of Tabernacles

10 Some time after his brothers had gone, Jesus also went to the festival. But he did not let other people know that he was going. Instead, he went secretly. 11 The Jewish leaders were looking for him at the festival. They asked, ‘Where is that man?’ 12 People in the crowd were talking quietly to each other about Jesus. Some people said, ‘He is a good man.’ But other people said, ‘No, he is telling the people things that are not true.’ 13 But nobody spoke in public places about him, because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders.

14 In the middle of the time of the festival, Jesus went to the temple. He started to teach in the yard there. 15 The Jewish leaders were very surprised. They asked, ‘How does this man know so much? He has not learned in our schools.’ 16 Jesus answered, ‘What I teach does not come from me. No, it comes from the one who sent me. 17 Anyone who chooses to do what God wants will know about my teaching. They will know whether it comes from God, or whether it comes from my own thoughts. 18 A person who teaches his own ideas wants people to think that he himself is great. But I want to show that the one who sent me is great. A person like that is honest and there is nothing false in him. 19 Moses gave God's Law to you. But not one of you obeys that Law. Why are you trying to kill me?’

20 The crowd answered, ‘You have a demon in you! Nobody is trying to kill you!’

21 Jesus replied, ‘I did one miracle on the day of rest, and all of you were surprised. 22 Moses gave you a law that you must circumcise your sons. Your ancestors taught that, even before Moses was born. So you will agree to circumcise a boy, even on the day of rest.[b] 23 You will do that so that you obey Moses' law. So you should not be angry with me because I made a man completely well on the day of rest. 24 Do not quickly decide whether something is right or wrong just because of what you see. Instead, think about it carefully. Then you will judge in a right way.’

The people talk about whether Jesus is the Messiah

25 Some of the people in Jerusalem began to say, ‘This is the man that our leaders want to kill. 26 But look! He is speaking to the crowds, and the leaders are not saying anything against him! Perhaps they really think that he is the Messiah! 27 But we know where this man came from. When the Messiah comes, nobody will know that. Nobody will know where he has come from.’

28 Jesus was still teaching in the yard of the temple. He shouted, ‘Yes, you say that you know me. And you know where I came from. But I have not come because I myself decided to come. He who sent me is true. You do not know him. 29 But I know him because I have come from him. He is the one who sent me.’ 30 When they heard this, they tried to take hold of him. But nobody could put their hands on him, because it was not yet the right time. 31 But many people in the crowd believed in Jesus. They said, ‘This man has done so many miracles. Surely he is the Messiah! Nobody could do more miracles than he has done.’

32 The Pharisees heard what these people were saying quietly about Jesus. Then the leaders of the priests and the Pharisees sent some of their officers to take him away.

33 Jesus said, ‘I will be with you for only a short time. Then I will return to the one who sent me. 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me. You cannot go to the place where I will be.’ 35 The Jewish leaders asked each other, ‘What is he trying to tell us? Where can he go so that we cannot find him? Perhaps he will go to our people who have gone away to live among the Greek people.[c] Perhaps he will go to teach the Greek people. 36 He said, “You will look for me, but you will not find me.” And he also said, “You cannot go to the place where I will be.” What does he mean?’

Streams of water that give life to people

37 The last day of the festival was the most important day. On that day, Jesus stood up and he spoke with a loud voice. He said, ‘If anyone is thirsty, he should come to me so that he may drink. 38 It says in the Bible, “God will cause streams of water to pour out from anyone who believes in me. Water that gives life will come out from inside that person.” ’ 39 Jesus was speaking about God's Spirit, who would come to people some time after that. Those people who believed in Jesus would receive God's Spirit at that later time. But God had not yet given his Spirit to people, because he had not yet raised Jesus back up to heaven.[d]

The people argue about who Jesus is

40 The people in the crowd heard Jesus say these words. Some of them said, ‘Surely this man must be the Prophet from God that we have been waiting for!’ 41 Other people said, ‘This man is the Messiah.’ But some other people said, ‘The Messiah will not come from Galilee! 42 The Bible says that the Messiah will come from King David's family.[e] He will come from Bethlehem, the town where David lived.’ 43 In this way the people had different thoughts about Jesus. 44 Some people wanted to take hold of him. But nobody could put their hands on him to take him away.

45 The officers returned to the leaders of the priests and the Pharisees. The leaders asked their officers, ‘Why did you not bring Jesus here?’ 46 The officers answered, ‘Nobody has ever spoken great things like this man speaks.’ 47 The Pharisees replied, ‘He seems to have made you believe his lies! 48 None of the Pharisees or our leaders believe in him. 49 But this crowd does not know what God's Law teaches. God will surely punish them.’

50 Nicodemus spoke to them. He himself was one of the Pharisees. He was the man who had gone to speak with Jesus before. He said, 51 ‘We must find out first what this man has done. Then we can decide if it is right to punish him. Our law says that we must listen to him first.’ 52 They answered Nicodemus, ‘Perhaps you come from Galilee, as well as him! Study what the Bible teaches. You will learn that no prophet of God ever comes from Galilee.’ 53 [Then everyone went to his own home.][f]

Footnotes

  1. 7:2 The Festival of Tabernacles continued for a week. See Leviticus 23:34, where it is called the Feast of Huts. The people built huts from branches and they lived in these small huts during the festival. This helped them to remember what God had done. A long time before this, their ancestors had left Egypt and they had lived in huts like this. God had brought them out of Egypt so that they did not have to be slaves there any longer. The festival happened each year, after Israel's people had brought in all the harvest from the fields. It was a time for the people to thank God because he was so good to them.
  2. 7:22 God had told Israel's people that they must circumcise every boy. To circumcise means to cut off the skin that covers the end of a boy's or a man's sex part. It was a mark to show that Israel's people had agreed to obey God. It showed that they belonged to God's people, Israel. They circumcised a boy eight days after he was born. Even if the eighth day was their day of rest, they circumcised the baby on that day.
  3. 7:35 Greek people come from the country called Greece. When Jesus lived on the earth, Greek people also lived in many other countries.
  4. 7:39 Many verses in the Old Testament speak about ‘water’ that gives us life. See Isaiah 44:3; 58:11 and Zechariah 13:1; 14:8. The Jews would read these verses aloud at the Festival of Tabernacles.
  5. 7:42 The Bible that the Jews read was the Old Testament.
  6. 7:53 Many old translations do not have this verse.
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