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Los hermanos de Jesús no creían en él

Después de esto, Jesús andaba por la región de Galilea. No quería estar en Judea, porque allí los judíos lo buscaban para matarlo. Pero como se acercaba la fiesta de las Enramadas, una de las fiestas de los judíos, sus hermanos le dijeron:

—No te quedes aquí; vete a Judea, para que los seguidores que tienes allá también vean lo que haces. Pues cuando uno quiere ser conocido, no hace las cosas en secreto. Ya que haces cosas como éstas, hazlas delante de todo el mundo.

Y es que ni siquiera sus hermanos creían en él. Jesús les dijo:

—Todavía no ha llegado mi hora, pero para ustedes cualquier hora es buena. Los que son del mundo no pueden odiarlos a ustedes; pero a mí me odian, porque yo hago ver claramente que lo que hacen es malo. Vayan ustedes a la fiesta; yo no voy, porque todavía no se ha cumplido mi hora.

Les dijo esto, y se quedó en Galilea.

Jesús en la fiesta de las Enramadas

10 Pero después que se fueron sus hermanos, también Jesús fue a la fiesta, aunque no públicamente, sino casi en secreto. 11 Los judíos lo buscaban en la fiesta, y decían:

—¿Dónde estará ese hombre?

12 Entre la gente se hablaba mucho de él. Unos decían: «Es un hombre de bien»; pero otros decían: «No es bueno; engaña a la gente.»

13 Sin embargo, nadie hablaba abiertamente de él, por miedo a los judíos.

14 Hacia la mitad de la fiesta, Jesús entró en el templo y comenzó a enseñar. 15 Los judíos decían admirados:

—¿Cómo sabe éste tantas cosas, sin haber estudiado?

16 Jesús les contestó:

—Mi enseñanza no es mía, sino de aquel que me envió. 17 Si alguien está dispuesto a hacer la voluntad de Dios, podrá reconocer si mi enseñanza viene de Dios o si hablo por mi propia cuenta. 18 El que habla por su cuenta, busca su propia gloria; pero quien busca la gloria del que lo envió, ése dice la verdad y en él no hay nada reprochable.

19 »¿No es verdad que Moisés les dio a ustedes la ley? Sin embargo, ninguno de ustedes la obedece. ¿Por qué quieren matarme?

20 La gente le contestó:

—¡Estás endemoniado! ¿Quién quiere matarte?

21 Jesús les dijo:

—Todos ustedes se admiran por una sola cosa que hice en sábado. 22 Sin embargo, Moisés les mandó practicar el rito de la circuncisión (aunque no procede de Moisés, sino de los patriarcas), y ustedes circuncidan a un hombre aunque sea en sábado. 23 Ahora bien, si por no faltar a la ley de Moisés ustedes circuncidan al niño aunque sea en sábado, ¿por qué se enojan conmigo por haber sanado en sábado al hombre entero? 24 No juzguen ustedes por las apariencias. Cuando juzguen, háganlo con rectitud.

Jesús habla de su origen

25 Algunos de los que vivían en Jerusalén comenzaron entonces a preguntar:

—¿No es a éste al que andan buscando para matarlo? 26 Pues ahí está, hablando en público, y nadie le dice nada. ¿Será que las autoridades creen de veras que este hombre es el Mesías? 27 Pero nosotros sabemos de dónde viene éste; en cambio, cuando venga el Mesías, nadie sabrá de dónde viene.

28 Al oír esto, Jesús, que estaba enseñando en el templo, dijo con voz fuerte:

—¡Así que ustedes me conocen y saben de dónde vengo! Pero no he venido por mi propia cuenta, sino que vengo enviado por uno que es digno de confianza y a quien ustedes no conocen. 29 Yo lo conozco porque procedo de él, y él me ha enviado.

30 Entonces quisieron arrestarlo, pero ninguno le echó mano porque todavía no había llegado su hora. 31 Muchos creyeron en él, y decían:

—Cuando venga el Mesías, ¿acaso hará más señales milagrosas que este hombre?

Los fariseos intentan arrestar a Jesús

32 Los fariseos oyeron lo que la gente decía de Jesús; y ellos y los jefes de los sacerdotes mandaron a unos guardianes del templo a que lo arrestaran. 33 Entonces Jesús dijo:

—Voy a estar con ustedes solamente un poco de tiempo, y después regresaré al que me ha enviado. 34 Ustedes me buscarán, pero no me encontrarán, porque no podrán ir a donde yo voy a estar.

35 Los judíos comenzaron entonces a preguntarse unos a otros:

—¿A dónde se va a ir este, que no podremos encontrarlo? ¿Acaso va a ir a los judíos que viven dispersos en el extranjero, y a enseñar a los paganos? 36 ¿Qué quiere decir eso de que “Me buscarán, pero no me encontrarán, porque no podrán ir a donde yo voy a estar”?

Ríos de agua viva

37-38 El último día de la fiesta era el más importante. Aquel día Jesús, puesto de pie, dijo con voz fuerte:

—Si alguien tiene sed, venga a mí, y el que cree en mí, que beba. Como dice la Escritura, del interior de aquél correrán ríos de agua viva.

39 Con esto, Jesús quería decir que los que creyeran en él recibirían el Espíritu; y es que el Espíritu todavía no estaba, porque Jesús aún no había sido glorificado.

División entre la gente

40 Había algunos entre la gente que cuando oyeron estas palabras dijeron:

—Seguro que este hombre es el profeta.

41 Otros decían:

—Éste es el Mesías.

Pero otros decían:

—No, porque el Mesías no puede proceder de Galilea. 42 La Escritura dice que el Mesías tiene que ser descendiente del rey David, y que procederá de Belén, el mismo pueblo de donde era David.

43 Así que la gente se dividió por causa de Jesús. 44 Algunos querían llevárselo preso, pero nadie lo hizo.

Las autoridades no creían en Jesús

45 Los guardianes del templo volvieron a donde estaban los fariseos y los jefes de los sacerdotes, que les preguntaron:

—¿Por qué no lo trajeron?

46 Los guardianes contestaron:

—¡Jamás ningún hombre ha hablado así!

47 Entonces los fariseos les dijeron:

—¿También ustedes se han dejado engañar? 48 ¿Acaso ha creído en él alguno de nuestros jefes, o de los fariseos? 49 Pero esta gente, que no conoce la ley, está maldita.

50 Nicodemo, el fariseo que en una ocasión había ido a ver a Jesús, les dijo:

51 —Según nuestra ley, no podemos condenar a un hombre sin antes haberlo oído para saber qué es lo que ha hecho.

52 Ellos le contestaron:

—¿También tú eres de Galilea? Estudia las Escrituras y verás que de Galilea jamás procede un profeta.

La mujer adúltera

[53 Cada uno se fue a su casa.

Jesus’ Brothers Disbelieve

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. (B)Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. (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. 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.” For (D)even His (E)brothers did not believe in Him.

Then Jesus said to them, (F)“My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. (G)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me (H)because I testify of it that its works are evil. 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.” 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

  1. John 7:1 The ruling authorities
  2. John 7:8 NU omits yet
  3. John 7:16 NU, M So Jesus
  4. John 7:26 NU omits truly
  5. John 7:29 NU, M omit But
  6. John 7:33 NU, M omit to them
  7. John 7:39 NU who believed
  8. John 7:39 NU omits Holy
  9. John 7:40 NU some
  10. John 7:50 Lit. Him
  11. John 7:50 NU before
  12. John 7:52 NU is to rise
  13. 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.

Jesus Teaches at the Feast of Booths

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. Now the feast of the Jews, (D)the Feast of Booths, was near. 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. 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.” For not even His (G)brothers were believing in Him. So Jesus *said to them, (H)My time is not yet here, but your time is always here. (I)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I bear witness about it, that (J)its deeds are evil. 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.” 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

  1. John 7:4 Lit and
  2. John 7:8 Some early mss omit yet
  3. John 7:24 Lit judge the righteous judgment
  4. John 7:26 Messiah
  5. John 7:30 Lit and
  6. John 7:31 Messiah
  7. John 7:31 Or attesting miracles
  8. John 7:32 Or grumbling
  9. John 7:37 Vv 37-38 may also be read: If anyone is thirsty,...let him come..., he who believes in me as...
  10. John 7:37 Or let him keep coming to Me and let him keep drinking
  11. John 7:38 Lit out of his belly
  12. John 7:41 Messiah
  13. John 7:41 Messiah
  14. John 7:53 Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as John 7:53-8:11