John 7
Lexham English Bible
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
- John 7:4 Literally “with openness”
- 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
- John 7:8 Or “fulfilled”
- John 7:9 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal
- John 7:14 Literally “now it being already in the middle of the feast”
- John 7:14 Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
- John 7:14 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”)
- John 7:15 Literally “know letters”
- John 7:15 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“been taught”) which is understood as causal
- John 7:17 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- John 7:23 Or “a man entirely well”
- John 7:25 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
- John 7:28 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
- John 7:31 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “will he”
- John 7:32 Literally “that they could seize him”
- John 7:34 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 7:34 Some manuscripts explicitly state “me”
- John 7:35 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “is he”
- John 7:36 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 7:36 Some manuscripts explicitly state “me”
- 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.’”
- 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
- 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
- John 7:40 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- John 7:40 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
- John 7:41 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “does he”
- John 7:45 Literally “because of what”
- John 7:47 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “have you”
- John 7:48 Literally “not anyone”
- John 7:48 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “have they”
- John 7:51 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “does it”
- John 7:52 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “are you”
- 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
От Иоанна 7
Russian Synodal Version
7 После сего Иисус ходил по Галилее, ибо по Иудее не хотел ходить, потому что Иудеи искали убить Его.
2 Приближался праздник Иудейский--поставление кущей.
3 Тогда братья Его сказали Ему: выйди отсюда и пойди в Иудею, чтобы и ученики Твои видели дела, которые Ты делаешь.
4 Ибо никто не делает чего-либо втайне, и ищет сам быть известным. Если Ты творишь такие дела, то яви Себя миру.
5 Ибо и братья Его не веровали в Него.
6 На это Иисус сказал им: Мое время еще не настало, а для вас всегда время.
7 Вас мир не может ненавидеть, а Меня ненавидит, потому что Я свидетельствую о нем, что дела его злы.
8 Вы пойдите на праздник сей; а Я еще не пойду на сей праздник, потому что Мое время еще не исполнилось.
9 Сие сказав им, остался в Галилее.
10 Но когда пришли братья Его, тогда и Он пришел на праздник не явно, а как бы тайно.
11 Иудеи же искали Его на празднике и говорили: где Он?
12 И много толков было о Нем в народе: одни говорили, что Он добр; а другие говорили: нет, но обольщает народ.
13 Впрочем никто не говорил о Нем явно, боясь Иудеев.
14 Но в половине уже праздника вошел Иисус в храм и учил.
15 И дивились Иудеи, говоря: как Он знает Писания, не учившись?
16 Иисус, отвечая им, сказал: Мое учение--не Мое, но Пославшего Меня;
17 кто хочет творить волю Его, тот узнает о сем учении, от Бога ли оно, или Я Сам от Себя говорю.
18 Говорящий сам от себя ищет славы себе; а Кто ищет славы Пославшему Его, Тот истинен, и нет неправды в Нем.
19 Не дал ли вам Моисей закона? и никто из вас не поступает по закону. За что ищете убить Меня?
20 Народ сказал в ответ: не бес ли в Тебе? кто ищет убить Тебя?
21 Иисус, продолжая речь, сказал им: одно дело сделал Я, и все вы дивитесь.
22 Моисей дал вам обрезание--хотя оно не от Моисея, но от отцов, --и в субботу вы обрезываете человека.
23 Если в субботу принимает человек обрезание, чтобы не был нарушен закон Моисеев, --на Меня ли негодуете за то, что Я всего человека исцелил в субботу?
24 Не судите по наружности, но судите судом праведным.
25 Тут некоторые из Иерусалимлян говорили: не Тот ли это, Которого ищут убить?
26 Вот, Он говорит явно, и ничего не говорят Ему: не удостоверились ли начальники, что Он подлинно Христос?
27 Но мы знаем Его, откуда Он; Христос же когда придет, никто не будет знать, откуда Он.
28 Тогда Иисус возгласил в храме, уча и говоря: и знаете Меня, и знаете, откуда Я; и Я пришел не Сам от Себя, но истинен Пославший Меня, Которого вы не знаете.
29 Я знаю Его, потому что Я от Него, и Он послал Меня.
30 И искали схватить Его, но никто не наложил на Него руки, потому что еще не пришел час Его.
31 Многие же из народа уверовали в Него и говорили: когда придет Христос, неужели сотворит больше знамений, нежели сколько Сей сотворил?
32 Услышали фарисеи такие толки о Нем в народе, и послали фарисеи и первосвященники служителей--схватить Его.
33 Иисус же сказал им: еще недолго быть Мне с вами, и пойду к Пославшему Меня;
34 будете искать Меня, и не найдете; и где буду Я, [туда] вы не можете придти.
35 При сем Иудеи говорили между собою: куда Он хочет идти, так что мы не найдем Его? Не хочет ли Он идти в Еллинское рассеяние и учить Еллинов?
36 Что значат сии слова, которые Он сказал: будете искать Меня, и не найдете; и где буду Я, [туда] вы не можете придти?
37 В последний же великий день праздника стоял Иисус и возгласил, говоря: кто жаждет, иди ко Мне и пей.
38 Кто верует в Меня, у того, как сказано в Писании, из чрева потекут реки воды живой.
39 Сие сказал Он о Духе, Которого имели принять верующие в Него: ибо еще не было на них Духа Святаго, потому что Иисус еще не был прославлен.
40 Многие из народа, услышав сии слова, говорили: Он точно пророк.
41 Другие говорили: это Христос. А иные говорили: разве из Галилеи Христос придет?
42 Не сказано ли в Писании, что Христос придет от семени Давидова и из Вифлеема, из того места, откуда был Давид?
43 Итак произошла о Нем распря в народе.
44 Некоторые из них хотели схватить Его; но никто не наложил на Него рук.
45 Итак служители возвратились к первосвященникам и фарисеям, и сии сказали им: для чего вы не привели Его?
46 Служители отвечали: никогда человек не говорил так, как Этот Человек.
47 Фарисеи сказали им: неужели и вы прельстились?
48 Уверовал ли в Него кто из начальников, или из фарисеев?
49 Но этот народ невежда в законе, проклят он.
50 Никодим, приходивший к Нему ночью, будучи один из них, говорит им:
51 судит ли закон наш человека, если прежде не выслушают его и не узнают, что он делает?
52 На это сказали ему: и ты не из Галилеи ли? рассмотри и увидишь, что из Галилеи не приходит пророк.
53 И разошлись все по домам.
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