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John 7
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John 7
World English Bible
7 After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. 2 Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand. 3 His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do. 4 For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.” 5 For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.
6 Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. 7 The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”
9 Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee. 10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret. 11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?” 12 There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.” 13 Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews. 14 But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. 15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
16 Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. 17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God or if I am speaking from myself. 18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. 19 Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
20 The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
21 Jesus answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it. 22 Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy. 23 If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath? 24 Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
25 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill? 26 Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ? 27 However, we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t know. 29 I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”
30 They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, he won’t do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?” 32 The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me. 34 You will seek me and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”
35 The Jews therefore said among themselves, “Where will this man go that we won’t find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?”
37 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink! 38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
40 Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee? 42 Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring[a] of David, (A) and from Bethlehem,(B) the village where David was?” 43 So a division arose in the multitude because of him. 44 Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him. 45 The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”
46 The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”
47 The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you? 48 Have any of the rulers or any of the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this multitude that doesn’t know the law is cursed.”
50 Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them, 51 “Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”
52 They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”(C)
53 Everyone went to his own house,
Footnotes
- 7:42 or, seed
John 7
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John 7
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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,
約 翰 福 音 7
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約 翰 福 音 7
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耶稣和他的兄弟们
7 此后，耶稣在加利利周游，他不想去犹太，因为犹太人想杀害他。 2 当时，犹太人的住棚节 [a]快到了， 3 所以，耶稣的兄弟对他说∶“你应该离开这儿去犹太，以便让你的门徒看到你所行的神迹， 4 一个人如果想让自己被众所周知，就不在暗中做事。你即然在做这些事，就在世人面前表现出来吧。” 5 （甚至连耶稣的兄弟们也不信仰他。） 6 耶稣对他们说∶“我的时刻还没有到，但是对你们随时都合适。 7 世人不会恨你们，但却恨我，因为我不停地告诉世人，他们的行为是邪恶的。 8 你们去过住棚节吧，我现在不去，因为我的时刻还没到。” 9 耶稣说完这番话后，继续留在了加利利。
10 他的兄弟去过住棚节了，耶稣也去了，不过不是公开去的，而是秘密去的。 11 犹太首领在节日里到处寻找他，打听说∶“那人在哪里呢？”
12 人们私下对耶稣议论纷纷，有人说∶“他是好人。”也有人说∶“根本不是，他迷惑群众。” 13 不过，没有人敢公开议论他，因为他们都害怕犹太首领。
耶稣在耶路撒冷教导人们
14 节日过了一半时，耶稣来到大殿院开始教导人们。 15 犹太首领都很吃惊，说∶“这人从未上过学，怎么会知道这么多事情呢？”
16 耶稣回答他们说∶“我教导的不是我自己的教导，而是来自于派遣我的上帝。 17 一个人如果想执行上帝的意旨，他就会明白我的教导是出自上帝还是出自我自己。 18 凭自己讲话的人，企图为自己获得荣耀；但是，要把荣耀带给派遣他来的那位的人－是可信的，他心中没有丝毫虚假。 19 难道摩西没有把律法 [b]颁布给你们吗？可是你们谁也不遵守它。你们为什么想杀害我呢？”
20 人群回答道∶“你一定是被鬼附身了！谁想要杀害你呢？”
21 耶稣回答说∶“我不过显示了一个奇迹，你们就感到惊讶。 22 摩西出于同样的目的，给了你们有关割礼的律法，（其实割礼是你们的祖先传下来的，而不是摩西传下来的。）你们就在安息日为婴儿施行割礼！ 23 既然一个人能在安息日受割礼，以便不违反摩西律法，那么我在安息日治好一个人的整个身体，为什么你们就对我感到愤怒呢？ 24 不要以外表来评判，而要做出公正的评判。”
人们猜测耶稣是基督吗？
25 一些耶路撒冷人开始议论说∶“这不是他们想要杀的那个人吗？ 26 看，他在大庭广众之下演讲，他们对他却一言不发。也许首领们的确知道他是基督呢？ 27 不过，我们知道这人是从哪儿来的；当基督来临的时候，没有人知道他从哪儿来。”
28 这时，耶稣还在大殿院里教导，他高声说∶“你们认识我，也知道我从哪里来，我不是自己到这里来的，派遣我来的那位（上帝）是真实的。你们不认识他， 29 但我认识他，因为我是从他那里来的，是他派我来的。”
30 听到这里，他们想要逮捕耶稣，可是却没有下手，因为他的时刻还没有到呢。不过，还是有很多人信仰了他， 31 他们说∶“就是基督来了，也不会比这个人显示更多的奇迹，不是吗？”
犹太首领企图逮捕耶稣
32 法利赛人听到人们私下对耶稣的议论，祭司长和法利赛人便派大殿的卫兵去逮捕他。耶稣说： 33 “我和你们在一起的时间非常短暂了，然后我就要回到派我来的那位那里去。 34 你们会寻找我，但是却找不到我，因为我去的地方，你们不能去。”
35 犹太人互相议论道∶“他要到哪里去能让我们找不到呢？他是不是到散居在非犹太人城市里的犹太侨民那里，去教导非犹太人呢？ 36 他说∶‘你们将会寻找我，但是却找不到我，因为我去的地方，你们不能去。’这话是什么意思呢？”
耶稣谈圣灵
37 节日的最后一天，也是最重要的一天，耶稣站起来高声说∶“如果有人渴了，就到我这里来喝水吧， 38 就像《经》上所说的那样，信仰我的人，活水的河流就会从他内心源源流出。” 39 耶稣这话是指那些信仰他的人，以后会领受到圣灵。当时圣灵还没赐给人们，因为耶稣还没有得到荣耀。
人们针对耶稣的争论
40 听了这些话，人群中的一些人开始议论说∶“这人真的是先知。”
41 另外一些人说∶“这人是基督。”
还有一些人说∶“基督怎么会来自加利利呢？ 42 《经》上不是说基督是大卫的后裔，来自于大卫住过的伯利恒吗？” 43 由于耶稣，人们发生了分歧。 44 有些人想逮捕耶稣，但却没有人动手。
犹太首领拒不相信
45 于是，大殿的卫兵回到祭司长和法利赛人那里去了，他们问卫兵∶“你们为什么没把他带来？”
46 卫兵们回答说∶“从来没有人像这样讲过话！”
47 法利赛人说∶“难道你们也被愚弄了吗？ 48 有首领或是法利赛人信仰他吗？ 49 那些不知律法的人是要受到诅咒的！”
50 尼哥底母 [c]对他们说： 51 “不先听他的口供，不调查他做了些什么，我们的律法能定他的罪吗？”
52 他们回答他说∶“难道你也是从加利利来的吗？查考一下《经》，你就会明白加利利没有出过先知。”
（一些希腊最早和最好的版本没有第7:53-8:11。）
通奸女子被捉
53 然后他们分手各自回家去了。
Footnotes
- 約 翰 福 音 7:2 住棚节： 每年特定的一周，犹太人住在帐篷里，为了纪念在摩西时代他们的祖先在旷野里。
- 約 翰 福 音 7:19 律法： 摩西颁布了上帝在西乃山上赐给他的律法。见《出埃及记》34:29-32。
- 約 翰 福 音 7:50 尼哥底母： 法利赛人之一，他曾经见过耶稣。
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