John 7
Christian Standard Bible
The Unbelief of Jesus’s Brothers
7 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) 2 The Jewish Festival of Shelters[a](E) was near. 3 So his brothers(F) said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples can see your works(G) that you are doing. 4 For no one does anything in secret while he’s seeking public recognition. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.” 5 (For not even his brothers believed in him.)
6 Jesus told them, “My time(H) has not yet arrived, but your time is always at hand. 7 The world cannot hate(I) you, but it does hate me because I testify about it—that its works are evil. 8 Go up to the festival yourselves. I’m not going up to this festival,[b] because my time has not yet fully come.” 9 After he had said these things, he stayed in Galilee.
Jesus at the Festival of Shelters
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 murmuring 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 for fear of the Jews.
14 When the festival was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple(L) and began to teach. 15 Then the Jews were amazed and said, “How is this man so learned,(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 know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own. 18 The one who speaks on his own 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 are you trying to kill me?”
20 “You have a demon!” the crowd responded. “Who is trying to kill you?”
21 “I performed one work,(V) and you are all amazed,” Jesus answered. 22 “This is why 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 are trying 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,(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 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 murmuring these things about him, and so the chief priests(AM) and the Pharisees sent servants[c] 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 that we won’t find him? He doesn’t intend to go to the Jewish people dispersed[d](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, let him come to me[e](AV) and drink.(AW) 38 The one who believes in me,(AX) as the Scripture(AY) has said, 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[f] had not yet been given[g] 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 truly is the Prophet.”(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[h] and from the town of Bethlehem,(BG) where David lived?” 43 So the crowd was divided(BH) because of him. 44 Some of them wanted to seize him,(BI) but no one laid hands on him.
Debate over Jesus’s Claims
45 Then the servants(BJ) came to the chief priests(BK) and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”
46 The servants answered, “No man ever spoke like this!” [i](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 and who was 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.”(BR)
[The earliest mss do not include 7:53–8:11.]
[53 Then each one went to his house.[j]
Footnotes
- 7:2 Or Tabernacles, or Booths
- 7:8 Other mss add yet
- 7:32 Or temple police, or officers, also in vv. 45,46
- 7:35 Gk diaspora; Jewish people scattered throughout Gentile lands
- 7:37 Other mss omit to me
- 7:39 Other mss read Holy Spirit
- 7:39 Lit the Spirit was not yet
- 7:42 Lit seed
- 7:46 Other mss read like this man
- 7:53–8:11 Other mss include all or some of the passage after Jn 7:36,44,52; 21:25; or Lk 21:38.
Ioan 7
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Necredinţa fraţilor lui Isus
7 După aceea, Isus a călătorit prin Galileea. Nu voia să călătorească prin Iudeea, pentru că iudeii căutau să-L omoare. 2 Sărbătoarea iudeilor, cea a Corturilor[a], era aproape. 3 Prin urmare, fraţii Lui I-au zis:
– Pleacă de aici şi du-te în Iudeea, ca să vadă şi ucenicii Tăi lucrările pe care le faci! 4 Căci nimeni nu face ceva pe ascuns când caută să devină cunoscut! Dacă faci aceste lucruri, arată-Te lumii!
5 Căci nici chiar fraţii Lui nu credeau în El. 6 Isus le-a răspuns:
– Timpul Meu n-a sosit încă, dar vouă timpul vă este totdeauna favorabil! 7 Pe voi lumea nu vă poate urî, dar pe Mine Mă urăşte, pentru că Eu depun mărturie despre ea că lucrările ei sunt rele. 8 Duceţi-vă voi la sărbătoare; Eu (încă)[b] nu Mă duc la sărbătoarea aceasta, pentru că timpul Meu încă n-a sosit pe deplin.
9 Şi, spunând aceste lucruri, a rămas în Galileea. 10 Însă după ce fraţii Lui au plecat la sărbătoare, S-a dus şi El, dar nu pe faţă, ci cam pe ascuns. 11 La sărbătoare, iudeii Îl căutau şi se întrebau: „Unde este Acela?“ 12 Erau multe şoapte[c] în mulţime cu privire la El. Unii ziceau: „Este un om bun!“ Alţii ziceau: „Nu, ci duce în rătăcire mulţimea!“ 13 Totuşi, de frica iudeilor, nimeni nu vorbea deschis despre El.
Isus la Sărbătoarea Corturilor
14 Când sărbătoarea era deja la jumătate, Isus S-a dus în Templu şi a început să dea învăţătură. 15 Iudeii se mirau şi se întrebau: „Cum de ştie Acesta atâta învăţătură fără să fi învăţat?!“
16 Isus le-a zis:
– Învăţătura Mea nu este a Mea, ci a Celui Ce M-a trimis. 17 Dacă vrea cineva să facă voia Lui, va cunoaşte dacă învăţătura este de la Dumnezeu sau dacă Eu vorbesc de la Mine. 18 Cel ce vorbeşte de la el caută slava lui însuşi; dar cel ce caută slava celui ce l-a trimis, acela este adevărat şi în el nu este falsitate. 19 Oare nu v-a dat Moise Legea? Şi totuşi nici unul dintre voi nu respectă Legea! De ce căutaţi să Mă omorâţi?
20 Mulţimea I-a răspuns:
– Ai demon! Cine caută să Te omoare?!
21 Isus le-a zis:
– Am făcut o lucrare şi toţi vă miraţi. 22 Moise v-a dat circumcizia – nu că ea este de la Moise, ci de la patriarhi – şi voi îl circumcideţi pe om în ziua de Sabat. 23 Dacă un om este circumcis în ziua de Sabat, ca să nu fie încălcată Legea lui Moise, atunci de ce sunteţi furioşi pe Mine pentru că am însănătoşit un om întreg în ziua de Sabat? 24 Nu judecaţi după aparenţe, ci judecaţi cu o judecată dreaptă!
Oamenii se întreabă dacă Isus este Cristosul
25 Atunci unii dintre locuitorii Ierusalimului au zis: „Nu este Acesta Cel pe Care caută ei să-L omoare? 26 Şi iată că vorbeşte deschis, iar ei nu-I zic nimic! Nu cumva conducătorii au ajuns să cunoască într-adevăr că El este Cristosul? 27 Totuşi noi ştim de unde este Omul Acesta; însă când va veni Cristosul nimeni nu va şti de unde este!“[d] 28 Atunci Isus, în timp ce dădea învăţătură în Templu, a strigat: „Mă cunoaşteţi şi ştiţi de unde sunt![e] N-am venit de la Mine Însumi, ci Cel Ce M-a trimis este adevărat, iar voi nu-L cunoaşteţi! 29 Eu Îl cunosc, pentru că Eu sunt de la El şi El M-a trimis.“ 30 Ei încercau să-L prindă, dar nimeni n-a pus mâna pe El, căci încă nu-I venise ceasul. 31 Însă mulţi din mulţime au crezut în El şi ziceau: „Când va veni Cristosul, va face El mai multe semne decât a făcut Acesta?“
32 Fariseii au auzit mulţimea murmurând aceste lucruri despre El şi, ca urmare, conducătorii preoţilor şi fariseii au trimis nişte gărzi să-L aresteze. 33 Atunci, Isus a zis: „Mai sunt cu voi încă puţin timp, iar apoi plec la Cel Ce M-a trimis. 34 Mă veţi căuta, dar nu Mă veţi găsi, iar unde voi fi Eu, voi nu puteţi veni.“ 35 Iudeii se întrebau: „Unde urmează să se ducă Acesta, astfel încât noi să nu-L găsim?! Doar nu urmează să se ducă la cei împrăştiaţi printre greci şi să-i înveţe pe greci?! 36 Ce înseamnă cuvintele acestea pe care le-a zis: «Mă veţi căuta, dar nu Mă veţi găsi, iar unde voi fi Eu, voi nu veţi putea veni.»?“
Isus, Apa vieţii
37 În ultima zi a sărbătorii, ziua cea mare, Isus S-a ridicat şi a strigat: „Dacă însetează cineva, să vină la Mine şi să bea! 38 Cel ce crede în Mine, din inima lui vor curge râuri de apă vie, aşa cum zice Scriptura!“[f] 39 Spunea aceasta despre Duhul pe Care urmau să-L primească cei ce cred în El. Căci Duhul nu fusese încă dat, pentru că Isus nu fusese încă proslăvit.
40 Când au auzit aceste cuvinte, unii din mulţime ziceau: „Acesta este într-adevăr Profetul!“ 41 Alţii ziceau: „Acesta este Cristosul!“, iar alţii ziceau: „Cum, din Galileea va veni Cristosul?! 42 Nu spune Scriptura că Cristosul va veni din sămânţa lui David[g] şi din Betleem[h], satul de unde era David?“ 43 Aşa că s-a făcut dezbinare în mulţime din cauza Lui. 44 Unii dintre ei voiau să-L prindă, însă nimeni n-a pus mâinile pe El.
Necredinţa conducătorilor religioşi
45 Gărzile s-au întors la conducătorii preoţilor şi la farisei, iar aceştia le-au întrebat:
– De ce nu L-aţi adus?
46 Gărzile au răspuns:
– Niciodată n-a vorbit cineva astfel!
47 Fariseii le-au zis:
– Nu cumva aţi fost duşi şi voi în rătăcire?! 48 A crezut în El vreunul dintre conducători sau dintre farisei?! 49 Însă mulţimea aceasta care nu cunoaşte Legea este blestemată!
50 Nicodim, cel care venise la Isus mai înainte şi care era unul dintre ei, le-a zis:
51 – Oare condamnă Legea noastră un om înainte să-l asculte şi să ştie ce face?
52 Ei i-au răspuns:
– Nu cumva eşti şi tu din Galileea? Cercetează şi vei vedea că din Galileea nu se ridică niciodată vreun profet[i]!
Femeia prinsă comiţând adulter
53 (Apoi fiecare s-a dus acasă.
Footnotes
- Ioan 7:2 Vezi Lev. 23:33-43; Deut. 16:13-15; Zah. 14:16-19
- Ioan 7:8 Cele mai multe şi mai importante mss nu conţin acest cuvânt
- Ioan 7:12 Sau: Se discuta mult, în sensul disputei, termenul grecesc tradus cu şoaptă putând fi tradus şi cu ceartă, nemulţumire
- Ioan 7:27 Scrierile rabinice din sec. I d.Cr. ne arată că printre iudei nu exista o părere unanimă cu privire la originea lui Mesia; vezi 7:27 şi 7:41-42
- Ioan 7:28 Sau, într-un mod care exprimă îndoiala ori ironia: Mă cunoaşteţi şi ştiţi de unde sunt?
- Ioan 7:38 Sau: „Dacă însetează cineva, să vină la Mine! Şi să bea 38 cel ce crede în Mine! Aşa cum zice Scriptura: «Din inima lui vor curge râuri de apă vie»“; textul biblic la care face Isus referire este dificil de determinat; vezi Is. 44:3; 55:1; 58:11; Zah. 14:8; Eze. 47:1-12
- Ioan 7:42 Vezi Ps. 89:4
- Ioan 7:42 Vezi Mica 5:2
- Ioan 7:52 Unul dintre cele mai importante mss conţine Profetul (vezi Deut. 18:15); fie varianta atestată de acest mss este cea originală, fie conducătorii religioşi au fost atât de furioşi încât au greşit în afirmaţia lor, deoarece profetul Iona era din Galileea, din Gat-Hefer (vezi 2 Regi 14:25)
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.
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