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John 7
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Jesus’ Brothers Do Not Believe in Him

7 And after these things Jesus was going about in Galilee. For he did not want to go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. 2 Now the feast of the Jews—the feast of Tabernacles—was near. 3 So his brothers said to him, “Depart from here and go to Judea, so that your disciples also can see your works that you are doing. 4 For no one does anything in secret and yet he himself desires to be publicly recognized.[a] If you are doing these things, reveal yourself to the world!” 5 (For not even his brothers believed in him.)

Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles

6 So Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it, that its deeds are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not[b] going up to this feast, because my time is not yet completed.[c] 9 And when he[d] had said these things, he remained in Galilee.

10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but (as it were) in secret. 11 So the Jews were looking for him at the feast, and were saying, “Where is he?” 12 And there was a lot of grumbling concerning him among the crowds; some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others were saying, “No, but he deceives the crowd.” 13 However, no one was speaking openly about him for fear of the Jews.

14 Now when the feast was already half over,[e] Jesus went to the temple courts[f] and began to teach.[g] 15 Then the Jews were astonished, saying, “How does this man possess knowledge,[h] because he[i] has not been taught?” 16 So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not mine, but is from the one who sent me. 17 If anyone wants to do his will, he will know about my[j] teaching, whether it is from God or I am speaking from myself. 18 The one who speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But the one who seeks the glory of the one who sent him—this one is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him. 19 Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you carries out the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”

20 The crowd replied, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” 21 Jesus answered and said to them, “I performed one work, and you are all astonished. 22 Because of this Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, 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 would not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole man well[k] on the Sabbath? 24 Do not judge according to outward appearance, but judge according to righteous judgment!”

Is Jesus the Christ?

25 Then some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem began to say,[l] “Is this not the one whom they are seeking to kill? 26 And behold, he is speaking openly and they are saying nothing to him! Can it be that the rulers truly know that this man is the Christ? 27 Yet we know where this man is from, but the Christ, whenever he comes—no one knows where he is from!”

28 Then Jesus cried out in the temple courts,[m] teaching and saying, “You both know me and you know where I am from! And I have not come from myself, but the one who sent me is true, whom you do not know. 29 I know him, because I am from him and he sent me.”

30 So they were seeking to seize him, and no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 But from the crowd many believed in him and were saying, “Whenever the Christ comes, he will not perform more signs than this man has done, will he?”[n]

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers in order to take him into custody .[o] 33 Then Jesus said, “Yet a little time I am with you, and I am going to the one who sent me. 34 You will seek me and will not find me,[p][q] and where I am, you cannot come.”

35 So the Jews said to one another, “Where is this one going to go, that we will not find him? He is not going to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?[r] 36 What is this saying that he said, ‘You will seek me and will not find me,[s][t] and where I am, you cannot come’?”

The Promise of the Spirit

37 Now on the last day of the feast—the great day—Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let him drink, 38 the one who believes in me.[u] Just as the scripture said, ‘Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.’”[v] 39 Now he said this concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. For the Spirit was not yet given,[w] because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)

Different Opinions About Jesus

40 Then, when they[x] heard these words, some from the crowd began to say,[y] “This man is truly the Prophet!” 41 Others were saying, “This man is the Christ!” But others were saying, “No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he?[z] 42 Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So there was a division in the crowd because of him. 44 And some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.

45 So the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees. And they said to them, “Why[aa] did you not bring him?” 46 The officers replied, “Never has a man spoken like this!” 47 Then the Pharisees replied to them, “You have not also been deceived, have you?[ab] 48 None[ac] of the rulers or of the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?[ad] 49 But this crowd who does not know the law is accursed!”

50 Nicodemus, the one who came to him previously—who was one of them—said to them, 51 “Our law does not condemn a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”[ae] 52 They answered and said to him, “You are not also from Galilee, are you?[af] Investigate and see that a prophet does not arise from Galilee!” [[53 And each one went to his own house.[ag]

Footnotes

  1. John 7:4 Literally “with openness”
  2. John 7:8 Most manuscripts read “not yet” here, but this is obviously an easier reading intended to reconcile the statement with Jesus’ later actions
  3. John 7:8 Or “fulfilled”
  4. John 7:9 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal
  5. John 7:14 Literally “now it being already in the middle of the feast”
  6. John 7:14 Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
  7. John 7:14 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”)
  8. John 7:15 Literally “know letters”
  9. John 7:15 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“been taught”) which is understood as causal
  10. John 7:17 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  11. John 7:23 Or “a man entirely well”
  12. John 7:25 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
  13. John 7:28 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
  14. John 7:31 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “will he”
  15. John 7:32 Literally “that they could seize him”
  16. John 7:34 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  17. John 7:34 Some manuscripts explicitly state “me”
  18. John 7:35 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “is he”
  19. John 7:36 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  20. John 7:36 Some manuscripts explicitly state “me”
  21. John 7:38 An alternative punctuation of vv. 37–38 reads: “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and let him drink. 38  The one who believes in me, just as the scripture said, ‘Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.’”
  22. John 7:38 A quotation from the Old Testament of uncertain origin; texts most often suggested are Isa 44:3; 55:1; 58:11; Zech 14:8
  23. John 7:39 A few manuscripts supply the participle “given” here; while it is unlikely this represents the original reading, many English versions nevertheless supply “given” to avoid the impression that the Spirit did not exist prior to this point
  24. John 7:40 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  25. John 7:40 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
  26. John 7:41 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “does he”
  27. John 7:45 Literally “because of what”
  28. John 7:47 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “have you”
  29. John 7:48 Literally “not anyone”
  30. John 7:48 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “have they”
  31. John 7:51 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “does it”
  32. John 7:52 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “are you”
  33. John 7:53 John 7:53–8:11 is not found in the earliest and best manuscripts and was almost certainly not an original part of the Gospel of John; one significant group of Greek manuscripts places it after Luke 21:38
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Ioan 7
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014

Necredinţa fraţilor lui Isus

7 După aceea, Isus străbătea Galileea; nu voia să stea în Iudeea, pentru că(A) iudeii căutau să-L omoare. 2 Şi(B) praznicul iudeilor, Praznicul zis al Corturilor, era aproape. 3 Fraţii(C) Lui I-au zis: „Pleacă de aici şi du-Te în Iudeea, ca să vadă şi ucenicii Tăi lucrările pe care le faci. 4 Nimeni nu face ceva în ascuns când caută să se facă cunoscut. Dacă faci aceste lucruri, arată-Te lumii.” 5 Căci nici(D) fraţii Lui nu credeau în El. 6 Isus le-a zis: „Vremea(E) Mea n-a sosit încă, dar vouă vremea totdeauna vă este prielnică. 7 Pe voi lumea nu(F) vă poate urî; pe Mine Mă urăşte, pentru că(G) mărturisesc despre ea că lucrările ei sunt rele. 8 Suiţi-vă voi la praznicul acesta; Eu încă nu Mă sui la praznicul acesta, fiindcă(H) nu Mi s-a împlinit încă vremea.” 9 După ce le-a spus aceste lucruri, a rămas în Galileea.

Isus în Ierusalim la Praznicul Corturilor

10 După ce s-au suit fraţii Lui la praznic, S-a suit şi El, dar nu pe faţă, ci cam pe ascuns. 11 Iudeii(I) Îl căutau în timpul praznicului şi ziceau: „Unde este?” 12 Noroadele vorbeau mult în şoaptă(J) despre El. Unii(K) ziceau: „Este un om bun”. Alţii ziceau: „Nu, ci duce norodul în rătăcire”. 13 Totuşi, de(L) frica iudeilor, nimeni nu vorbea de El pe faţă. 14 Pe la jumătatea praznicului, Isus S-a suit la Templu. Şi învăţa norodul. 15 Iudeii(M) se mirau şi ziceau: „Cum are omul acesta învăţătură, căci n-a învăţat niciodată?” 16 Isus le-a răspuns: „Învăţătura Mea(N) nu este a Mea, ci a Celui ce M-a trimis pe Mine. 17 Dacă(O) vrea cineva să facă voia Lui, va ajunge să cunoască dacă învăţătura este de la Dumnezeu sau dacă Eu vorbesc de la Mine. 18 Cine(P) vorbeşte de la sine caută slava lui însuşi; dar cine caută slava Celui ce l-a trimis, acela este adevărat şi în el nu este strâmbătate. 19 Oare(Q) nu v-a dat Moise Legea? Totuşi nimeni din voi nu ţine Legea. De(R) ce căutaţi să Mă omorâţi?” 20 Norodul I-a răspuns: „Ai drac(S). Cine caută să Te omoare?” 21 Drept răspuns, Isus le-a zis: „O lucrare am făcut, şi toţi vă miraţi de ea. 22 Moise(T) v-a dat porunca privitoare la tăierea împrejur – nu că ea vine de la Moise, ci(U) de la patriarhi – şi voi tăiaţi împrejur pe om în ziua Sabatului. 23 Dacă un om primeşte tăierea împrejur în ziua Sabatului, ca să nu se calce Legea lui Moise, de ce turbaţi de mânie împotriva Mea pentru că am(V) însănătoşit un om întreg în ziua Sabatului? 24 Nu(W) judecaţi după înfăţişare, ci judecaţi după dreptate.” 25 Nişte locuitori din Ierusalim ziceau: „Nu este El acela pe care caută ei să-L omoare? 26 Şi totuşi iată că vorbeşte pe faţă, şi ei nu-I zic nimic! Nu cumva, în adevăr, cei mai mari vor fi cunoscut(X) că El este Hristosul? 27 Dar(Y) noi ştim de unde este omul acesta, însă, când va veni Hristosul, nimeni nu va şti de unde este.” 28 Şi Isus, pe când învăţa pe norod în Templu, striga: „Mă(Z) cunoaşteţi şi Mă ştiţi de unde sunt! Eu(AA) n-am venit de la Mine Însumi, ci Cel ce M-a trimis este(AB) adevărat, şi voi(AC) nu-L cunoaşteţi. 29 Eu(AD) Îl cunosc, căci vin de la El şi El M-a trimis.” 30 Ei căutau(AE) deci să-L prindă, şi nimeni(AF) n-a pus mâna pe El, căci încă nu-I sosise ceasul. 31 Mulţi(AG) din norod au crezut în El şi ziceau: „Când va veni, Hristosul va face mai multe semne decât a făcut omul acesta?” 32 Fariseii au auzit pe norod spunând în şoaptă aceste lucruri despre El. Atunci, preoţii cei mai de seamă şi fariseii au trimis nişte aprozi să-L prindă. 33 Isus a zis: „Mai sunt cu voi puţină(AH) vreme şi apoi Mă duc la Cel ce M-a trimis. 34 Voi Mă(AI) veţi căuta, şi nu Mă veţi găsi, şi unde voi fi Eu, voi nu puteţi veni.” 35 Iudeii au zis între ei: „Unde are de gând să se ducă omul acesta, ca să nu-l putem găsi? Doar n-o avea de gând să se ducă la cei(AJ) împrăştiaţi printre greci şi să înveţe pe greci? 36 Ce înseamnă cuvintele acestea pe care le-a spus: ‘Mă veţi căuta, şi nu Mă veţi găsi, şi unde voi fi Eu, voi nu puteţi veni?’ ”

Isus, Apa vieţii

37 În(AK) ziua de pe urmă, care era ziua cea mare a praznicului, Isus a stat în picioare şi a strigat: „Dacă(AL) însetează cineva, să vină la Mine şi să bea. 38 Cine(AM) crede în Mine, din(AN) inima lui vor curge râuri de apă vie, cum zice Scriptura.” 39 Spunea(AO) cuvintele acestea despre Duhul, pe care aveau să-L primească cei ce vor crede în El. Căci Duhul Sfânt încă nu fusese dat, fiindcă Isus nu fusese încă proslăvit(AP).

Încercări pentru prinderea lui Isus

40 Unii din norod, când au auzit aceste cuvinte, ziceau: „Acesta este cu adevărat Prorocul(AQ)”. 41 Alţii ziceau: „Acesta(AR) este Hristosul”. Şi alţii ziceau: „Cum, din Galileea(AS) are să vină Hristosul? 42 Nu zice(AT) Scriptura că Hristosul are să vină din sămânţa lui David şi din satul Betleem, unde(AU) era David?” 43 S-a(AV) făcut, deci, dezbinare în norod din pricina Lui. 44 Unii(AW) din ei voiau să-L prindă; dar nimeni n-a pus mâna pe El. 45 Aprozii s-au întors deci la preoţii cei mai de seamă şi la farisei. Şi aceştia le-au zis: „De ce nu L-aţi adus?” 46 Aprozii au răspuns: „Niciodată(AX) n-a vorbit vreun om ca omul acesta”. 47 Fariseii le-au răspuns: „Doar n-aţi fi fost duşi şi voi în rătăcire? 48 A(AY) crezut în El vreunul din mai-marii noştri sau din farisei? 49 Dar norodul acesta, care nu ştie Legea, este blestemat!” 50 Nicodim, cel care(AZ) venise la Isus noaptea şi care era unul din ei, le-a zis: 51 „Legea(BA) noastră osândeşte ea pe un om înainte ca să-l asculte şi să ştie ce face?” 52 Drept răspuns, ei i-au zis: „Şi tu eşti din(BB) Galileea? Cercetează bine, şi vei vedea că din Galileea nu s-a ridicat niciun proroc”. 53 (Şi s-a întors fiecare acasă.

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