John 7

Jesus Goes to the Feast Secretly John 7:10–13

¹⁰Verse 10. But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret. ¹¹Verse 11. The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?” ¹²Verse 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.” ¹³Verse 13. Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.

Jesus Teaches in the Temple John 7:14–24

¹⁴Verse 14. But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. ¹⁵Verse 15. The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?” ¹⁶Verse 16. Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. ¹⁷Verse 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. ¹⁸Verse 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.

¹⁹Verse 19. Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?” ²⁰Verse 20. The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?” ²¹Verse 21. Jesus answered them, “I did one work, and you all marvel because of it. ²²Verse 22. Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy. ²³Verse 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?

²⁴Verse 24. Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

Debate on Jesus' Identity John 7:25–31

²⁵Verse 25. Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill? ²⁶Verse 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? ²⁷Verse 27. However we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.” ²⁸Verse 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. ²⁹Verse 29. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”

³⁰Verse 30. They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. ³¹Verse 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?”

Pharisees Send Officers to Arrest John 7:32–36

³²Verse 32. The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him. ³³Verse 33. Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me. ³⁴Verse 34. You will seek me, and won’t find me; and where I am, you can’t come.” ³⁵Verse 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? ³⁶Verse 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’?”

Invitation to Living Water John 7:37–44

³⁷Verse 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! ³⁸Verse 38. He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.” ³⁹Verse 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. ⁴⁰Verse 40. Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.” ⁴¹Verse 41. Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?

⁴²Verse 42. Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” ⁴³Verse 43. So there arose a division in the multitude because of him. ⁴⁴Verse 44. Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.

Officers' Response and Nicodemus' Defense John 7:45–53

⁴⁵Verse 45. The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?” ⁴⁶Verse 46. The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!” ⁴⁷Verse 47. The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you? ⁴⁸Verse 48. Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees? ⁴⁹Verse 49. But this multitude that doesn’t know the law is accursed.” ⁵⁰Verse 50. Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,

⁵¹Verse 51. “Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?” ⁵²Verse 52. They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.” ⁵³Verse 53. Everyone went to his own house,