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John 7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
John 7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Unbelief of Jesus’ 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 Tabernacles[a][b](E) was near, 3 so His brothers(F) said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea so 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 deeds are evil. 8 Go up to the festival yourselves. I’m not going up to the festival yet,[c] because My time has not yet fully come.” 9 After He had said these things, He stayed in Galilee.
Jesus at the Festival of Tabernacles
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 discussion 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 because they feared the Jews.
14 When the festival was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple complex(L) and began to teach. 15 Then the Jews were amazed and said, “How does He know the Scriptures,(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 understand whether the teaching is from God or if I am speaking on My own. 18 The one who speaks for himself 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 do you want to kill Me?”
20 “You have a demon!” the crowd responded. “Who wants to kill You?”
21 “I did one work,(V) and you are all amazed,” Jesus answered. 22 “Consider this: 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 want 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 complex,(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[d] 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 muttering these things about Him, so the chief priests(AM) and the Pharisees sent temple police 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 so we won’t find Him? He doesn’t intend to go to the Dispersion[e](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, he should come to Me[f](AV) and drink!(AW) 38 The one who believes in Me,(AX) as the Scripture(AY) has said,[g] 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[h] had not yet been received[i][j] 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 really is the Prophet!”[k](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[l] and from the town of Bethlehem,(BG) where David once lived?” 43 So a division(BH) occurred among the crowd because of Him. 44 Some of them wanted to seize Him,(BI) but no one laid hands on Him.
Debate over Jesus’ Claims
45 Then the temple police(BJ) came to the chief priests(BK) and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why haven’t you brought Him?”
46 The police answered, “No man ever spoke like this!”[m](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, being 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.”[n](BR)
[53 So each one went to his house.
Footnotes
- John 7:2 Or Booths
- John 7:2 One of 3 great Jewish religious festivals, along with Passover and Pentecost; Ex 23:14; Dt 16:16
- John 7:8 Other mss omit yet
- John 7:30 The time of His sacrificial death and exaltation; Jn 2:4; 8:20; 12:23,27; 13:1; 17:1
- John 7:35 Jewish people scattered throughout Gentile lands who spoke Gk and were influenced by Gk culture
- John 7:37 Other mss omit to Me
- John 7:38 Jesus may have had several OT passages in mind; Is 58:11; Ezk 47:1-12; Zch 14:8
- John 7:39 Other mss read Holy Spirit
- John 7:39 Other mss read had not yet been given
- John 7:39 Lit the Spirit was not yet; the word received is implied from the previous clause.
- John 7:40 Probably the Prophet in Dt 18:15
- John 7:42 Lit seed
- John 7:46 Other mss read like this man
- John 7:52 Jonah and probably other prophets did come from Galilee; 2Kg 14:25
Juan 7
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
Juan 7
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
7 Pagkatapos ng mga ito naglakbay si Jesus sa Galilea. Iniwasan niyang dumaan sa Judea, sapagkat gusto siyang patayin ng mga Judio roon. 2 (A)Malapit na noon ang pista ng mga Kubol na ipinagdiriwang ng mga Judio. 3 Kaya sinabi ng mga kapatid ni Jesus sa kanya, “Umalis ka na at pumunta ka sa Judea, upang makita ng mga alagad mo ang mga ginagawa mo. 4 Sapagkat hindi gumagawa nang palihim ang sinumang nagnanais na makilala. Dahil ginagawa mo ang mga ito, ilantad mo ang iyong sarili sa lahat.” 5 Sapagkat maging ang mga kapatid niya ay hindi naniwala sa kanya. 6 Kaya't sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, “Hindi pa ito ang panahon ko, ngunit ang panahon ninyo ay laging naririyan. 7 Hindi kayo kamumuhian ng sanlibutan, ngunit namumuhi ito sa akin dahil nagpapatotoo ako na ang mga gawa nito ay masama. 8 Kayo na lang ang magpunta sa pista. Hindi ako pupunta dahil hindi pa ito ang panahon ko.” 9 Pagkasabi niya ng mga ito, nagpaiwan siya sa Galilea. 10 Subalit pagkaalis ng kanyang mga kapatid patungo sa pista, pumunta din siya nang palihim at walang pinagsabihan sinuman. 11 Hinahanap siya ng mga Judio sa pista at ipinagtanong kung nasaan siya. 12 At maraming usap-usapan tungkol sa kanya ang mga tao. Ang ilan ay nagsabi, “Siya ay mabuting tao.” Ang sabi naman ng iba, “Inililigaw niya ang mga tao.” 13 Gayunman, walang Judiong nagsalita nang hayagan tungkol sa kanya dahil sa takot sa kanilang mga pinuno. 14 Nang kalagitnaan na ng pista ay nagpunta si Jesus sa templo at nagturo. 15 Nagtaka ang mga Judio. Ang sabi nila, “Paanong nalaman ng taong ito ang mga kasulatan gayong hindi naman siya nakapag-aral?” 16 Kaya't sumagot si Jesus, “Hindi sa akin ang itinuturo ko, kundi sa kanya na nagsugo sa akin. 17 Ang sinumang naghahangad na gawin ang kalooban ng nagsugo sa akin ay makaaalam kung ang itinuturo ko ay galing sa Diyos o nagsasalita lamang ako mula sa sarili. 18 Ang nagsasalita mula sa kanyang sarili ay naghahangad ng sariling karangalan. Ngunit ang nagsisikap na parangalan ang nagsugo sa kanya, ang taong ito ay tapat, at hindi nagsisinungaling. 19 Hindi ba si Moises ang nagbigay sa inyo ng kautusan? Subalit wala naman sa inyo ang tumutupad nito. Bakit sinisikap ninyo akong patayin?” 20 Sumagot ang mga tao, “Sinasaniban ka ng demonyo. Sino'ng gustong pumatay sa iyo?” 21 Sinagot sila ni Jesus, “Gumawa ako ng himala at lahat kayo ay namangha. 22 (B)Ibinigay sa inyo ni Moises ang batas ng pagtutuli bagama't hindi ito galing kay Moises kundi sa mga ninuno. Nagtutuli kayo sa araw ng Sabbath. 23 (C)Kung ang pagtutuli sa araw ng Sabbath ay hindi paglabag sa Kautusan ni Moises, bakit kayo nagagalit sa akin sa pagpapagaling ko sa isang tao sa araw ng Sabbath?” 24 Huwag kayong humusga batay sa panlabas na anyo, kundi maging matuwid kayo sa inyong mga hatol.” 25 Kaya’t sinabi ng ilang taga-Jerusalem, “Hindi ba ito ang taong gusto nilang patayin? 26 At narito siya at hayagang nagsasalita, ngunit wala silang sinasabing anuman laban sa kanya. Kinikilala na kaya ng mga pinuno na siya ang Cristo? 27 Ngunit alam natin kung saan galing ang taong ito; at pagdating ng Cristo, walang makaaalam kung saan siya manggagaling.” 28 Kaya sumigaw si Jesus habang nagtuturo sa templo, “Kilala ba talaga ninyo ako at alam ninyo kung saan ako galing? Hindi ako naparito para sa sarili ko lamang. Ang nagsugo sa akin ay tapat, at siya ang hindi ninyo nakikilala. 29 Kilala ko siya, sapagkat galing ako sa kanya, at siya ang nagsugo sa akin.” 30 Dahil dito, tinangka nilang dakpin siya, subalit wala ni isa mang nangahas sapagkat hindi pa dumarating ang oras niya. 31 Gayunman, marami sa mga naroon ang sumampalataya sa kanya. Sinabi nila, “Kapag dumating ang Cristo, gagawa ba siya ng mas maraming himala kaysa ginawa ng taong ito?” 32 Narinig ng mga Fariseo ang usap-usapan ng mga tao tungkol sa kanya, kaya nagpadala ang mga punong pari at mga Fariseo ng mga kawal para dakpin siya. 33 Kaya sinabi ni Jesus, “Sandaling panahon na lamang ninyo ako makakasama, at pagkatapos ay pupunta na ako sa kanya na nagsugo sa akin. 34 Hahanapin ninyo ako ngunit hindi ninyo ako matatagpuan. At kung saan ako naroroon ay hindi ninyo ako mapupuntahan.” 35 Nag-usap-usap ang mga Judio, “Saan ba nagbabalak pumunta ng taong ito na hindi natin matatagpuan? Pupunta kaya siya sa lugar ng mga kababayan nating nakatira kasama ng mga Griyego at magtuturo sa kanila? 36 Ano'ng ibig niyang sabihin sa sinabi niyang, ‘Hahanapin ninyo ako at hindi ninyo ako matatagpuan,’ at ‘Kung saan ako naroroon hindi ninyo ako mapupuntahan’?” 37 (D)Sa huli at natatanging araw ng pista, tumayo si Jesus at sumigaw. Sinabi niya, “Lumapit sa akin ang sinumang nauuhaw at uminom. 38 (E)Ang sumasampalataya sa akin, tulad ng sinabi ng kasulatan, ‘Mula sa kanyang puso ay dadaloy ang ilog ng tubig ng buhay.’ ” 39 Sinabi niya ito tungkol sa Espiritu, na tatanggapin ng mga sumasampalataya sa kanya. Hindi pa naibibigay ang Espiritu, sapagkat hindi pa naluluwalhati si Jesus. 40 Nang marinig ng ilang tao ang mga salitang ito, sinabi nila, “Tunay na ito nga ang propeta.” 41 Ang iba’y nagsabi, “Ito ang Cristo.” Subalit sinabi ng ilan, “Sa Galilea ba manggagaling ang Cristo? 42 (F)Hindi ba sinabi ng kasulatan na ang Cristo ay magmumula sa lahi ni David at sa Bethlehem na pinanggalingan ni David?” 43 Kaya nagkaroon ng pagkakahati sa mga tao dahil sa kanya. 44 May ilang nais dumakip sa kanya, subalit walang nangahas na gawin iyon.
45 Bumalik ang mga kawal sa mga punong pari at mga Fariseo na nagsabi sa kanila, “Bakit hindi ninyo siya dala?” 46 Sumagot ang mga kawal, “Wala pa pong nakapagsasalita na tulad ng taong iyon.” 47 Tinanong sila ng mga Fariseo, “Pati ba kayo ay nalinlang na? 48 Mayroon bang mga pinuno o mga Fariseong naniwala sa kanya? 49 Ngunit ang mga taong ito na walang nalalaman sa kautusan ay mga sinumpa.” 50 (G)Si Nicodemo na nagpunta noon kay Jesus, at isa rin sa mga kasamahan nila, ay nagsabi sa kanila, 51 “Hinuhusgahan ba ng batas natin ang isang taong hindi man lamang natin napapakinggan at inaalam ang kanyang ginagawa?” 52 Sumagot sila sa kanya, “Taga-Galilea ka rin ba? Magsaliksik ka at malalaman mong walang propetang magmumula sa Galilea.” 53 At nagsiuwi na ang lahat.
John 7
New International Version
John 7
New International Version
Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles
7 After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want[a] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders(A) there were looking for a way to kill him.(B) 2 But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles(C) was near, 3 Jesus’ brothers(D) said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. 4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” 5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him.(E)
6 Therefore Jesus told them, “My time(F) is not yet here; for you any time will do. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me(G) because I testify that its works are evil.(H) 8 You go to the festival. I am not[b] going up to this festival, because my time(I) has not yet fully come.” 9 After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.
10 However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret. 11 Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus(J) and asking, “Where is he?”
12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”
Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”(K) 13 But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.(L)
Jesus Teaches at the Festival
14 Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.(M) 15 The Jews(N) there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning(O) without having been taught?”(P)
16 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.(Q) 17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out(R) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. 18 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory,(S) but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. 19 Has not Moses given you the law?(T) Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”(U)
20 “You are demon-possessed,”(V) the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”
21 Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle,(W) and you are all amazed. 22 Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision(X) (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs),(Y) you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. 23 Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath? 24 Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”(Z)
Division Over Who Jesus Is
25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?(AA) 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities(AB) really concluded that he is the Messiah?(AC) 27 But we know where this man is from;(AD) when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”
28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,(AE) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.(AF) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.(AG) You do not know him, 29 but I know him(AH) because I am from him and he sent me.”(AI)
30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,(AJ) because his hour had not yet come.(AK) 31 Still, many in the crowd believed in him.(AL) They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs(AM) than this man?”
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time,(AN) and then I am 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 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered(AQ) among the Greeks,(AR) and teach the Greeks? 36 What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”(AS)
37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(AT) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(AU) 38 Whoever believes(AV) in me, as Scripture has said,(AW) rivers of living water(AX) will flow from within them.”[c](AY) 39 By this he meant the Spirit,(AZ) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.(BA) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.(BB)
40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”(BC)
41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”
Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?(BD) 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants(BE) and from Bethlehem,(BF) the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the people were divided(BG) because of Jesus. 44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.(BH)
Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders
45 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”
46 “No one ever spoke the way this man does,”(BI) the guards replied.
47 “You mean he has deceived you also?”(BJ) the Pharisees retorted. 48 “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?(BK) 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”
50 Nicodemus,(BL) who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”
52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”(BM)
[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.]
53 Then they all went home,
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