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John 7
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John 7
Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus Teaches at the Feast of Booths
7 And 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 openly. If You do these things, show Yourself publicly 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 here. 7 (I)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I bear witness about it, that (J)its deeds are evil. 8 Go up to the feast yourselves; I am not [b]yet going up to this feast because (K)My time has not yet been fulfilled.” 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 in secret. 11 (M)So the Jews (N)were seeking Him at the feast and saying, “Where is He?” 12 And 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 crowd astray.” 13 Yet no one was speaking openly about Him for (P)fear of the Jews.
14 But when it was now the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to (Q)teach. 15 (R)The Jews then were marveling, saying, “How has this man (S)become learned, not having been educated?” 16 So Jesus answered them and said, “(T)My teaching is not Mine, but from Him who sent Me. 17 (U)If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God or 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 does 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 work, 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 And look, He is speaking openly, and they are saying nothing to Him. (AE)Do the rulers truly know that this is the [d]Christ? 27 However, (AF)we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ comes, 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; [e]yet 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 the [f]Christ comes, will He do more [g](AQ)signs than this man did?”
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd [h]whispering 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? Is He intending to go to (AY)the Dispersion among (AZ)the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 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, “[i](BC)If anyone is thirsty, [j]let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, (BD)as the Scripture said, ‘From [k]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 going 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 crowd therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is (BI)the Prophet.” 41 Others were saying, “This is the [l]Christ.” Still others were saying, “(BJ)No, for is the [m]Christ going to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from (BK)the seed 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 were wanting 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 like this!” 47 The Pharisees then answered them, “(BQ)Have you also been led astray? 48 (BR)Have any of (BS)the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? 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)Does our Law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing?” 52 They answered him, “(BV)Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” 53 [n][Everyone went to his home.
Footnotes
- John 7:4 Lit and
- John 7:8 Some early mss omit yet
- John 7:24 Lit judge the righteous judgment
- John 7:26 Messiah
- John 7:30 Lit and
- John 7:31 Messiah
- John 7:31 Or attesting miracles
- John 7:32 Or grumbling
- 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 Messiah
- John 7:41 Messiah
- John 7:53 Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as John 7:53-8:11
John 7
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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,
Juan 7
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Juan 7
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La fiesta de los Tabernáculos
7 Después de esto, Jesús andaba por Galilea(A), pues no quería andar por Judea porque los judíos(B) procuraban matarle(C). 2 Y la fiesta de los judíos, la de los Tabernáculos(D), estaba cerca. 3 Por eso sus hermanos(E) le dijeron: Sal de aquí, y vete a Judea para que también tus discípulos(F) vean las obras que tú haces. 4 Porque nadie hace nada en secreto cuando[a] procura ser conocido en público. Si haces estas cosas, muéstrate al mundo. 5 Porque ni aun sus hermanos(G) creían en Él. 6 Entonces Jesús les dijo*: Mi tiempo aún no ha llegado(H), pero vuestro tiempo es siempre oportuno. 7 El mundo no puede odiaros a vosotros, pero a mí me odia(I), porque yo doy testimonio de él, que sus acciones son malas(J). 8 Subid vosotros a la fiesta; yo no subo a esta fiesta porque aún mi tiempo no se ha cumplido(K). 9 Y habiéndoles dicho esto, se quedó en Galilea.
Jesús sube a la fiesta en secreto
10 Pero cuando sus hermanos(L) subieron a la fiesta, entonces Él también subió; no abiertamente, sino en[b] secreto. 11 Por eso los judíos(M) le buscaban en la fiesta(N) y decían: ¿Dónde está ese? 12 Y había mucha murmuración entre la gente acerca de Él. Unos decían: Él es bueno. Otros decían: No, al contrario, extravía a la gente(O). 13 Sin embargo, nadie hablaba abiertamente de Él por miedo a los judíos(P).
Jesús enseña durante la fiesta
14 Pero ya a mitad de la fiesta, Jesús subió al templo y se puso a enseñar(Q). 15 Entonces los judíos(R) se maravillaban, diciendo: ¿Cómo puede este saber de letras(S) sin haber estudiado? 16 Jesús entonces les respondió y dijo: Mi enseñanza(T) no es mía, sino del que me envió. 17 Si alguien quiere hacer su voluntad, sabrá si mi enseñanza es de Dios o si hablo de mí mismo(U). 18 El que habla de sí mismo busca su propia gloria; pero el que busca la gloria del que le envió(V), este es verdadero y no hay injusticia en Él. 19 ¿No os dio Moisés la ley(W), y sin embargo ninguno de vosotros la cumple[c]? ¿Por qué procuráis matarme(X)? 20 La multitud contestó: ¡Tienes un demonio(Y)! ¿Quién procura matarte? 21 Respondió Jesús y les dijo: Una sola obra hice(Z) y todos os admiráis. 22 Por eso Moisés os ha dado la circuncisión(AA) (no porque sea de Moisés, sino de los padres(AB)), y en el día de reposo circuncidáis al hombre. 23 Y si para no violar la ley de Moisés un hombre recibe la circuncisión en el día de reposo(AC), ¿por qué estáis enojados conmigo porque sané por completo a un hombre en el día de reposo? 24 No juzguéis por la apariencia, sino juzgad con[d] juicio justo(AD).
25 Entonces algunos de Jerusalén decían: ¿No es este al que procuran matar? 26 Y ved, habla en público y no le dicen nada. ¿No será que en verdad los gobernantes(AE) reconocen que este es el Cristo[e]? 27 Sin embargo, nosotros sabemos de dónde es este; pero cuando venga el Cristo, nadie sabrá de dónde es(AF). 28 Jesús entonces, mientras enseñaba(AG) en el templo, exclamó en alta voz, diciendo: Vosotros me conocéis y sabéis de dónde soy(AH). Yo no he venido por mi propia cuenta(AI), pero el que me envió es verdadero, a quien vosotros no conocéis. 29 Yo le conozco(AJ), porque procedo de Él(AK), y Él me envió(AL). 30 Procuraban, pues, prenderle(AM); pero nadie le echó mano porque todavía no había llegado su hora(AN). 31 Pero muchos de la multitud creyeron en Él(AO), y decían: Cuando el Cristo[f](AP) venga, ¿acaso hará más señales[g](AQ) que las que este ha hecho? 32 Los fariseos oyeron a la multitud murmurando estas cosas acerca de Él, y los principales sacerdotes y los fariseos enviaron alguaciles(AR) para que le prendieran(AS). 33 Entonces Jesús dijo: Por un poco más de tiempo estoy con vosotros(AT); después voy al que me envió(AU). 34 Me buscaréis y no me hallaréis; y donde yo esté, vosotros no podéis ir(AV). 35 Decían entonces los judíos(AW) entre sí: ¿Adónde piensa irse este(AX) que no le hallemos? ¿Será acaso que quiere irse a la dispersión(AY) entre los griegos(AZ) y enseñar a los griegos? 36 ¿Qué quiere decir esto que ha dicho: «Me buscaréis y no me hallaréis; y donde yo esté, vosotros no podéis ir(BA)»?
La gran invitación
37 Y en el último día, el gran día de la fiesta(BB), Jesús puesto en pie, exclamó en alta voz, diciendo: Si alguno tiene sed, que venga a mí y beba[h](BC). 38 El que cree en mí, como ha dicho la Escritura: «De lo más profundo de su ser[i] brotarán ríos de agua(BD) viva(BE)». 39 Pero Él decía esto del Espíritu(BF), que los que habían creído en Él habían de recibir; porque el Espíritu no había sido dado todavía[j](BG), pues Jesús aún no había sido glorificado(BH). 40 Entonces algunos de la multitud, cuando oyeron estas palabras, decían: Verdaderamente este es el Profeta(BI). 41 Otros decían: Este es el Cristo[k]. Pero otros decían: ¿Acaso el Cristo[l] ha de venir de Galilea(BJ)? 42 ¿No ha dicho la Escritura que el Cristo viene de la descendencia de David, y de Belén(BK), la aldea de donde era David? 43 Así que se suscitó una división(BL) entre la multitud por causa de Él. 44 Y algunos de ellos querían prenderle, pero nadie le echó mano(BM).
Los alguaciles confundidos
45 Entonces los alguaciles(BN) vinieron a los principales sacerdotes y fariseos, y estos les dijeron: ¿Por qué no le trajisteis? 46 Los alguaciles(BO) respondieron: ¡Jamás hombre alguno ha hablado como este hombre habla(BP)! 47 Entonces los fariseos les contestaron: ¿Es que también vosotros os habéis dejado engañar(BQ)? 48 ¿Acaso ha creído en Él alguno de los gobernantes(BR), o de los fariseos? 49 Pero esta multitud que no conoce de la ley, maldita es. 50 Nicodemo(BS), el que había venido a Jesús[m] antes, y que era uno de ellos, les dijo*: 51 ¿Acaso juzga nuestra ley a un hombre a menos que le oiga primero(BT) y sepa lo que hace? 52 Respondieron y le dijeron: ¿Es que tú también eres de Galilea(BU)? Investiga, y verás que ningún profeta surge de Galilea. 53 [n]Y cada uno se fue a su casa.
Footnotes
- Juan 7:4 Lit., y
- Juan 7:10 Lit., como en
- Juan 7:19 Lit., cumple la ley
- Juan 7:24 Lit., el
- Juan 7:26 I.e., el Mesías
- Juan 7:31 I.e., el Mesías
- Juan 7:31 O, milagros
- Juan 7:37 I.e., que siga viniendo a mí y que siga bebiendo
- Juan 7:38 Lit., de su vientre
- Juan 7:39 Otros mss. dicen: porque todavía no se había dado el Espíritu Santo
- Juan 7:41 I.e., el Mesías
- Juan 7:41 I.e., el Mesías
- Juan 7:50 Lit., El
- Juan 7:53 Los vers. de 7:53 a 8:11, no aparecen en los mss. más antiguos.
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