John 7
New American Standard Bible 1995
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 Therefore His (E)brothers said to Him, “Leave 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 seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” 5 For not even His (G)brothers were believing in Him. 6 So Jesus *said to them, “(H)My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune. 7 (I)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that (J)its deeds are evil. 8 Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because (K)My time has not yet fully come.” 9 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 if, in secret. 11 (M)So the Jews (N)were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, “Where is He?” 12 There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; (O)some were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray.” 13 Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for (P)fear of the Jews.
14 But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to (Q)teach. 15 (R)The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man (S)become learned, having never been educated?” 16 So Jesus answered them and said, “(T)My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 (U)If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself. 18 He 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 not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you (X)seek to kill Me?” 20 The crowd answered, “(Y)You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?” 21 Jesus answered them, “I did (Z)one [b]deed, and you all marvel. 22 For this reason (AA)Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from (AB)the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man. 23 (AC)If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath? 24 Do not (AD)judge according to appearance, but [c]judge with righteous judgment.”
25 So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill? 26 Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. (AE)The rulers do not really know that this is [d]the Christ, do they? 27 However, (AF)we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, 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 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 know Him, because (AK)I am from Him, and (AL)He sent Me.” 30 So they (AM)were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his 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 [e]the Christ comes, He will not perform more [f](AQ)signs than those which this man has, will He?”
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent (AR)officers to (AS)seize Him. 33 Therefore Jesus said, “(AT)For a little while longer I am with you, then (AU)I go 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 is not intending to go to (AY)the Dispersion among (AZ)the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is 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, “[g](BC)If anyone is thirsty, [h]let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, (BD)as the Scripture said, ‘From [i]his innermost being will flow rivers of (BE)living water.’” 39 But this He spoke (BF)of 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.
Division of People over Jesus
40 Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is (BI)the Prophet.” 41 Others were saying, “This is [j]the Christ.” Still others were saying, “(BJ)Surely [k]the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from (BK)the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So (BL)a division occurred in the crowd because of Him. 44 (BM)Some of them wanted to seize 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 the way this man speaks.” 47 The Pharisees then answered them, “(BQ)You have not also been led astray, have you? 48 (BR)No one of (BS)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? 49 But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.” 50 (BT)Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them, 51 “(BU)Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” 52 They answered him, “(BV)You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” 53 [[l]Everyone went to his home.
Footnotes
- John 7:4 Lit and
- John 7:21 Or work
- John 7:24 Lit judge the righteous judgment
- John 7:26 I.e. the Messiah
- John 7:31 I.e. the Messiah
- John 7:31 Or attesting miracles
- John 7:37 Vv 37-38 may also be read: If anyone is thirsty,...let him come..., he who believes in me as...
- John 7:37 Or let him keep coming to Me and let him keep drinking
- John 7:38 Lit out of his belly
- John 7:41 I.e. the Messiah
- John 7:41 I.e. the Messiah
- John 7:53 Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as John 7:53-8:11
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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