After these
things
Jesus
awas walking
in Galilee
, for He was unwilling
to walk
in Judea
because
bthe Jews
cwere seeking
to kill
Him.
Now the feast
of the Jews
, athe Feast
of Booths
, was near
.
Therefore His abrothers
said
to Him, "Leave
here
and go
into Judea
, so
that Your bdisciples
also
may see
Your works
which
You are doing
.
"For no one
does
anything
in secret
1when
he himself
seeks
to be known publicly
. If
You do
these
things
, show
Yourself
to the world
."
For not even His abrothers
were believing
in Him.
So Jesus
*said
to them, " aMy time
is not yet
here
, but your time
is always
opportune
.
" aThe world cannot
hate
you, but it hates
Me because
I testify
of it, that bits deeds
are evil
.
"Go up to the feast
yourselves
; I do not go
up to this
feast
because
aMy time
has not yet
fully
come
."
Having said these
things
to them, He stayed
in Galilee
.
But when His abrothers
had gone
up to the feast
, then
He Himself
also
went
up, not publicly
, but as if
, in secret
.
aSo the Jews
bwere seeking
Him at the feast
and were saying
, "Where
is He?"
There was much grumbling
among
the crowds
concerning
Him; asome
were saying
, "He is a good
man
"; others
were saying
, "No
, on the contrary
, He leads
the people
astray
."
Yet no
one
was speaking
openly
of Him for afear
of the Jews
.
But when it was now the midst
of the feast
Jesus
went
up into the temple
, and began to ateach
.
aThe Jews then
were astonished
, saying
, "How
has this
man
bbecome
learned
, having never
been educated
?"
So Jesus
answered
them and said
, " aMy teaching
is not Mine
, but His who sent
Me.
" aIf anyone
is willing
to do
His will
, he will know
of the teaching
, whether
it is of God
or
whether I speak
from Myself
.
"He who speaks from himself
aseeks
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.
" aDid not Moses give
you the Law
, and yet none
of you carries
out the Law
? Why
do you bseek
to kill
Me?"
The crowd answered
, " aYou have
a demon
! Who
seeks
to kill
You?"
Jesus answered
them, "I did
aone
1deed
, and you all
marvel
.
"For this reason
aMoses
has given
you circumcision
(not because
it is from Moses
, but from bthe fathers
), and on the Sabbath
you circumcise
a man
.
" aIf 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
?
"Do not ajudge according
to appearance
, but 1judge
with righteous
judgment
."
So some
of the people
of Jerusalem
were saying
, "Is this
not the man whom
they are seeking
to kill
?
"Look, He is speaking
publicly
, and they are saying
nothing
to Him. aThe rulers
do not really
know
that this
is 1the Christ
, do they?
"However, awe know
where
this
man
is from; but whenever
the Christ
may come
, no
one
knows
where
He is from."
Then Jesus
cried
out in the temple
, ateaching
and saying
, " bYou both
know
Me and know
where
I am
from; and cI have not come
of Myself
, but He who sent
Me is true
, whom
you do not know
.
" aI know Him, because
bI am
from Him, and cHe sent
Me."
So they awere seeking
to seize
Him; and no
man
laid
his hand
on Him, because
His bhour
had not yet
come
.
But amany of the crowd
believed
in Him; and they were saying
, " bWhen
1the Christ
comes
, He will not perform
more
2 csigns
than those which
this
man
has, will He?"
The Pharisees heard
the crowd
muttering
these
things
about
Him, and the chief
priests
and the Pharisees
sent
aofficers
to bseize
Him.
Therefore Jesus
said
, " aFor a little
while
longer
I am
with you, then
bI go
to Him who sent
Me.
" aYou will seek Me, and will not find
Me; and where
I am
, you cannot
come
."
aThe Jews then
said
to one
another
, " bWhere
does this
man
intend
to go
that we will not find
Him? He is not intending
to go
to cthe Dispersion
among dthe Greeks
, and teach
the Greeks
, is He?
"What is this
statement
that He said
, ` aYou will seek
Me, and will not find
Me; and where
I am
, you cannot
come
'?"
Now on athe last
day
, the great
day of the feast
, Jesus
stood
and cried
out, saying
, " 1 bIf
anyone
is thirsty
, 2let him come
to Me and drink
.
"He who believes in Me, aas the Scripture
said
, `From 1his innermost
being
will flow
rivers
of bliving
water
.' "
But this He spoke
aof the Spirit
, whom
those
who believed
in Him were to receive
; for bthe Spirit
was not yet
given, because
Jesus
was not yet
cglorified
.
Some of the people therefore
, when they heard
these
words
, were saying
, "This
certainly
is athe Prophet
."
Others were saying
, "This
is 1the Christ
." Still others
were saying
, " aSurely
1the Christ
is not going to come
from Galilee
, is He?
"Has not the Scripture said
that the Christ
comes
from athe descendants
of David
, and from Bethlehem
, the village
where
David
was?"
So aa division
occurred
in the crowd
because
of Him.
aSome of them wanted
to seize
Him, but no
one
laid
hands
on Him.
The aofficers then
came
to the chief
priests
and Pharisees
, and they said
to them, "Why
did you not bring
Him?"
The aofficers answered
, " bNever
has a man
spoken
the way
this
man
speaks
."
The Pharisees then
answered
them, " aYou have not also
been led
astray
, have you?
" aNo one
of bthe rulers
or
Pharisees
has believed
in Him, has he?
"But this crowd
which does not know
the Law
is accursed
."
aNicodemus (he who came
to Him before
, being
one
of them) *said
to them,
" aOur Law does not judge
a man
unless
it first
hears
from him and knows
what
he is doing
, does it?"
They answered him, " aYou are not also
from Galilee
, are you? Search
, and see
that no
prophet
arises
out of Galilee
."
[ 1Everyone went
to his home
.