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.
João 7
O Livro
Jesus vai à festa dos tabernáculos
7 Depois disto, Jesus ficou na Galileia, andando de terra em terra, pois queria conservar-se fora da Judeia, onde os anciãos tramavam a sua morte. 2 Em breve, porém, teria lugar a Festa dos Tabernáculos. 3 E os irmãos de Jesus disseram-lhe que fosse para a Judeia: “Vai para onde os teus discípulos possam ver os teus milagres. 4 Não podes tornar-te conhecido se te esconderes assim. Já que fazes estas coisas, mostra-te ao mundo!” 5 Pois os seus irmãos não acreditavam nele.
6 Jesus respondeu: “Ainda não chegou o meu tempo. Mas o vosso tempo sempre está presente. 7 O mundo não vos pode querer mal; mas a mim aborrece-me, porque o acuso do pecado e das obras más. 8 Vão, pois, que eu seguirei mais tarde, quando chegar a altura.” 9 E assim ficou na Galileia.
10 Todavia, depois de os seus irmãos terem partido para a celebração, foi também, embora em segredo, conservando-se longe dos olhares do público. 11 Os judeus procuravam-no na festa, perguntando se alguém o teria visto. 12 Entre a multidão, Jesus era assunto de muitas discussões, dizendo alguns: “É um homem de bem!” Enquanto que outros afirmavam: “Anda mas é a enganar o povo!” 13 Ninguém, aliás, tinha a coragem de falar abertamente acerca dele, com medo dos líderes.
Jesus ensina na festa
14 A meio da celebração religiosa, Jesus foi ao templo e começou a ensinar o povo. 15 Os anciãos ouviam-no com espanto. “Como pode saber tanta coisa, se não andou nas nossas escolas?”
16 Então Jesus disse-lhes: “O que vos ensino não são os meus pensamentos, mas os de Deus, que me enviou. 17 Se alguém quiser fazer a vontade de Deus, saberá de certeza se o meu ensino vem de Deus ou se é só meu. 18 Todo aquele que apresenta as suas próprias ideias procura ser louvado, mas quem se esforça por honrar quem o enviou é verdadeiro e está a agir com justiça. 19 Não vos deu Moisés a Lei? Contudo, nenhum de vocês cumpre a Lei. Porque procuram matar-me?”
20 A multidão respondeu: “Tens um demónio dentro de ti! Quem procura matar-te?”
21 “Trabalhei num sábado para curar um homem e ficaram espantados. 22 Mas vocês também trabalham ao sábado, quando é para cumprir a Lei de Moisés da circuncisão. Aliás, esta tradição da circuncisão é mais antiga do que a Lei mosaica, pois remonta a Abraão. 23 Se o dia de circuncidar os vossos filhos calha a um sábado, não hesitam em fazê-lo, para não quebrar a Lei de Moisés. Então porque serei eu condenado por curar um homem num sábado? 24 Não devem julgar segundo a aparência, mas segundo a verdadeira justiça!”
Será Jesus o Cristo?
25 Algumas das pessoas que viviam ali em Jerusalém diziam entre si: “Não é este o homem que querem matar? 26 Mas ele está aqui, a falar em público, e não lhe dizem nada. Será que os líderes descobriram que é, de facto, o Cristo? 27 Mas como pode ser? Sabemos onde ele nasceu. Quando o Cristo vier, limitar-se-á a aparecer sem que ninguém saiba donde vem.”
28 Então Jesus, enquanto ensinava no templo, disse: “Sim, conhecem-me e sabem onde nasci e fui criado, mas aquele que me enviou, que expressa a verdade, vocês não o conhecem. 29 Eu conheço-o, porque sou dele, e foi ele que me enviou.” 30 Procuraram prendê-lo, mas ninguém lhe pôs a mão, pois não chegara ainda a hora marcada por Deus.
31 Muitas pessoas, entre as multidões que acorriam ao templo, criam nele: “Quando o Cristo voltar, esperam que ele faça mais sinais do que aqueles que este tem já feito?”
32 Quando souberam o que a multidão pensava, os fariseus e os principais sacerdotes enviaram guardas para prendê-lo. Mas Jesus disse-lhes: 33 “Deverei estar convosco mais algum tempo e depois voltarei para aquele que me enviou. 34 Procurar-me-ão, mas não me acharão. Para onde eu vou não podem vocês ir.”
35 Os judeus ficaram intrigados com esta afirmação: “Para onde tenciona ele ir? Talvez pense ir aos judeus doutras terras ou ensinar os não-judeus. 36 O que quererá ele dizer com aquilo: ‘Procurar-me-ão, mas não me acharão. Para onde eu vou não podem vocês ir.’?”
37 No último dia, o momento mais importante da festa, Jesus clamou às multidões: “Se alguém tem sede venha a mim e beba. 38 Pois as Escrituras dizem que do mais íntimo de todo aquele que crê em mim sairão rios de água viva.” 39 Referia-se ao Espírito Santo que seria dado a todos quantos cressem nele. Mas o Espírito ainda não fora dado, porque Jesus não voltara ainda à sua glória no céu.
40 Quando a multidão o ouviu dizer isto, muitos entre eles afirmavam: “Não há dúvida de que este homem é o Profeta!” 41 Outros diziam: “É o Cristo!” E outros ainda: “Mas é impossível que o seja! Porventura virá o Cristo da Galileia? 42 Pois as Escrituras dizem claramente que o Cristo nascerá da família real de David, em Belém, a terra onde David nasceu.” 43 A multidão tinha opiniões diferentes acerca dele. 44 Havia quem quisesse que fosse preso, mas ninguém se atrevia a tocar-lhe.
A descrença dos líderes judaicos
45 A guarda do templo, que fora mandada para o prender, voltou para os principais sacerdotes e para os fariseus. “Porque não o trouxeram?”, perguntaram.
46 Os guardas responderam: “Nunca ninguém falou como este homem!”
47 “Também vocês foram desencaminhados?”, retorquiram os fariseus. 48 “Porventura algum dos líderes judaicos ou dos fariseus creu nele? 49 A multidão ignorante da Lei, essa sim, é gente maldita!”
50 Então Nicodemos, que era um deles, aquele que anteriormente tivera uma entrevista secreta com Jesus, falou: 51 “Será legal condenar um homem antes de ser julgado?”
52 E responderam: “Também tu és um desses galileus? Investiga e verás que da Galileia nunca veio qualquer profeta!”
53 E foram todos para casa.
John 7
English Standard Version
Jesus at the Feast of Booths
7 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because (A)the Jews[a] were seeking to kill him. 2 Now (B)the Jews' Feast of (C)Booths was at hand. 3 (D)So his brothers[b] said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. 4 For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, (E)show yourself to the world.” 5 (F)For not even (G)his brothers believed in him. 6 Jesus said to them, (H)“My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. 7 The world cannot hate you, but (I)it hates me because I testify about it that (J)its works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not[c] going up to this feast, for (K)my time has not yet fully come.” 9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.
10 But after (L)his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. 11 (M)The Jews (N)were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” 12 And there was much (O)muttering about him among the people. (P)While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, (Q)he is leading the people astray.” 13 Yet (R)for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.
14 About the middle of the feast Jesus went up (S)into the temple and began teaching. 15 The Jews therefore (T)marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,[d] when he has never studied?” 16 So Jesus answered them, (U)“My teaching is not mine, but his (V)who sent me. 17 (W)If anyone's will is to do God's[e] will, (X)he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I (Y)am speaking on my own authority. 18 The one who speaks on his own authority (Z)seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. 19 (AA)Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. (AB)Why do you seek to kill me?” 20 The crowd answered, (AC)“You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” 21 Jesus answered them, “I did (AD)one work, and you all marvel at it. 22 (AE)Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but (AF)from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, (AG)are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well? 24 (AH)Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”
Can This Be the Christ?
25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom (AI)they seek to kill? 26 And here he is, (AJ)speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that (AK)the authorities really know that this is the Christ? 27 But (AL)we know (AM)where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, (AN)no one will know where he comes from.” 28 So Jesus proclaimed, (AO)as he taught in the temple, (AP)“You know me, and you know where I come from. But (AQ)I have not come of my own accord. (AR)He who sent me is true, (AS)and him you do not know. 29 (AT)I know him, for I come (AU)from him, and (AV)he sent me.” 30 (AW)So they were seeking to arrest him, but (AX)no one laid a hand on him, (AY)because his hour had not yet come. 31 Yet (AZ)many of the people believed in him. They said, (BA)“When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”
Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd (BB)muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent (BC)officers to arrest him. 33 Jesus then said, (BD)“I will be with you a little longer, and then (BE)I am going to him who sent me. 34 (BF)You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.” 35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? (BG)Does he intend to go to (BH)the Dispersion among (BI)the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean by saying, (BJ)‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”
Rivers of Living Water
37 (BK)On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, (BL)“If anyone thirsts, let him (BM)come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, (BN)as[f] the Scripture has said, (BO)‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of (BP)living water.’” 39 Now (BQ)this he said about the Spirit, (BR)whom those who believed in him were to receive, (BS)for as yet the Spirit had not been (BT)given, (BU)because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Division Among the People
40 When they heard these words, (BV)some of the people said, “This really is (BW)the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is (BX)the Christ.” But some said, (BY)“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes (BZ)from the offspring of David, and comes (CA)from Bethlehem, the village (CB)where David was?” 43 So there was (CC)a division among the people over him. 44 (CD)Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 (CE)The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, (CF)“No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 The Pharisees answered them, (CG)“Have you also been deceived? 48 (CH)Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” 50 (CI)Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 (CJ)“Does our law judge a man without first (CK)giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, (CL)“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that (CM)no prophet arises from Galilee.”
[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.][g]
The Woman Caught in Adultery
[[53 They went each to his own house,
Footnotes
- John 7:1 Or Judeans; Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time
- John 7:3 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 10
- John 7:8 Some manuscripts add yet
- John 7:15 Or this man knows his letters
- John 7:17 Greek his
- John 7:38 Or let him come to me, and let him who believes in me drink. As
- John 7:53 Some manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11; others add the passage here or after 7:36 or after 21:25 or after Luke 21:38, with variations in the text
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