João 7

Jesus at the Feast of Booths

1 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because *ch. 5:18;8:37,40;11:53the Jews*7:1 Or Judeans; Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time were seeking to kill him. 2 Now *ch. 5:1;6:4the Jews’ Feast of *See Lev. 23:34Booths was at hand. 3 *ver. 5, 10;See Matt. 12:46So his brothers*7:3 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 10 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, *[ch. 14:22;18:20]show yourself to the world." 5 *[Matt. 13:57;Mark 3:21] For not even *ver. 3, 10his brothers believed in him. 6 Jesus said to them, *[ver. 8, 30]; See ch. 2:4"My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.7 The world cannot hate you, but *ch. 15:18,24it hates me because I testify about it that *ch. 3:19;[Col. 1:21;1 John 3:12]its works are evil.8 You go up to the feast. I am not*7:8 Some manuscripts add yetgoing up to this feast, for *See ch. 2:4my time has not yet fully come."9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

10 But after *ver. 3, 5his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. 11 *ver. 1The Jews *ch. 11:56were looking for him at the feast, and saying, "Where is he?" 12 And there was much *ver. 32muttering about him among the people. *[ver. 40-43] While some said, "He is a good man," others said, "No, *ver. 47he is leading the people astray." 13 Yet *ch. 19:38;20:19;[ch. 9:22;12:42]for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

14 About the middle of the feast Jesus went up *ver. 28into the temple and began teaching. 15 The Jews therefore *[ver. 46; Luke 2:47;4:22;Acts 4:13]marveled, saying, "How is it that this man has learning,*7:15 Or this man knows his letters when he has never studied?" 16 So Jesus answered them, *ch. 8:28;12:49;14:10,24;[ch. 3:34] "My teaching is not mine, but his *See ch. 3:17who sent me.17 *[ch. 8:31,32;14:21,23] If anyone’s will is to do God’s*7:17 Greek hiswill, *[ch. 8:43;Ps. 25:9;Dan. 12:10;Phil. 3:15] he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I *See ch. 5:30am speaking on my own authority.18 The one who speaks on his own authority *ch. 5:41;8:50seeks 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 *ver. 23;See ch. 1:17Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. *ver. 1Why do you seek to kill me?"20 The crowd answered, *ch. 8:48,52;10:20;[Matt. 11:18;Mark 3:22;Luke 7:33]"You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?" 21 Jesus answered them, "I did *ver. 23;ch. 5:2-9one work, and you all marvel at it.22 *Lev. 12:3Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but *Gen. 17:10from 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, *ch. 5:16;See Matt. 12:2are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well?24 *ch. 8:15;[Isa. 11:3;2 Cor. 10:7]; See Deut. 1:16,17Do 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 *ver. 1they seek to kill? 26 And here he is, *ch. 18:20speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that *ver. 48the authorities really know that this is the Christ? 27 But *[ch. 6:42;8:14,19;9:29] we know *ch. 19:9where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, *[ver. 42]no one will know where he comes from." 28 So Jesus proclaimed, *ver. 14as he taught in the temple, *[See ver. 27above] "You know me, and you know where I come from. But *ch. 8:42;[ch. 5:43] I have not come of my own accord. *See ch. 8:26He who sent me is true, *ch. 8:19;15:21;[ch. 4:22;8:55]and him you do not know.29 *ch. 8:55;See Matt. 11:27I know him, for I come *ch. 6:46;9:16,33;[ch. 1:14] from him, and *See ch. 3:17he sent me."30 *ver. 44;ch. 10:39;[Matt. 21:46] So they were seeking to arrest him, but *ch. 8:20no one laid a hand on him, *ver. 6because his hour had not yet come. 31 Yet *ch. 8:30;10:42;11:45;12:11;[ch. 2:23;12:42;Matt. 21:11] many of the people believed in him. They said, *Matt. 12:23"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 *ver. 12muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent *ver. 45, 46officers to arrest him. 33 Jesus then said, *ch. 12:35;13:33;14:19;16:16-19"I will be with you a little longer, and then *ch. 16:5I am going to him who sent me.34 *ch. 8:21;13:33You 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? *[ch. 8:22] Does he intend to go to *James 1:1;1 Pet. 1:1;[Isa. 11:12;Zeph. 3:10] the Dispersion among *ch. 12:20the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean by saying, *ver. 34‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?"

Rivers of Living Water

37 *Lev. 23:36;Num. 29:35;Neh. 8:18On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, *Isa. 55:1;See ch. 4:14"If anyone thirsts, let him *See ch. 6:35come to me and drink.38 Whoever believes in me, *[Isa. 12:3;Ezek. 47:1] as*7:38 Or let him come to me, and let him who believes in me drink. Asthe Scripture has said, *ch. 4:14;[Prov. 18:4] ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of *See ch. 4:10living water.’"39 Now *Isa. 44:3;[1 Cor. 12:13;Gal. 3:14] this he said about the Spirit, *Joel 2:28;Acts 2:16-18;[ch. 1:33;20:22;Luke 24:49] whom those who believed in him were to receive, *Acts 2:4,33for as yet the Spirit had not been *ch. 3:34;Luke 11:13given, *ch. 14:16,17;16:7because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Division Among the People

40 When they heard these words, *See ver. 31some of the people said, "This really is *ch. 1:21;6:14;See Matt. 21:11the Prophet." 41 Others said, "This is *ver. 26the Christ." But some said, *[ver. 52; ch. 1:46]"Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes *[Ps. 89:3,4]; See Matt. 1:1from the offspring of David, and comes *Mic. 5:2;Matt. 2:1,5;Luke 2:4from Bethlehem, the village *1 Sam. 16:1where David was?" 43 So there was *ch. 9:16;10:19;[ver. 12]a division among the people over him. 44 *ver. 30Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

45 *ver. 32The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?" 46 The officers answered, *See Matt. 7:29"No one ever spoke like this man!" 47 The Pharisees answered them, *ver. 12"Have you also been deceived? 48 *1 Cor. 1:20,26;2:8;[ch. 12:42]Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed." 50 *ch. 3:1;19:39Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 *Deut. 17:6;19:15;[Acts 23:3] "Does our law judge a man without first *Deut. 1:16;Prov. 18:13giving him a hearing and learning what he does?" 52 They replied, *ver. 41"Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that *[2 Kgs. 14:25with Josh. 19:13]no prophet arises from Galilee."

[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.]* 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

The Woman Caught in Adultery

[[53 They went each to his own house,