Jesus Goes
To The Feast Of Tabernacles
After
this, Jesus went around in Galilee,
Purposely
staying away from Judea
BECAUSE
THE JEWS THERE WERE WAITING TO TAKE HIS LIFE.
2
But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near,
3
Jesus' brothers said to him,
'You
ought to leave here and go to Judea,
So
that Your Disciples may see the Miracles you do.
4
No one who wants to be 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.
6
Therefore Jesus told them,
'The
right time for Me has not yet come;
For
you any time is right.
7
THE WORLD CANNOT HATE YOU,
BUT
IT HATES ME
BECAUSE
I TESTIFY THAT WHAT IT DOES IS EVIL.
8
You go to the Feast.
I
am not yet going up to this Feast,
Because
for Me the right time has not yet come.'
9
Having said this, He stayed in Galilee.
10
However, after His brothers had left for the Feast,
He
went also, not Publicly, but in Secret.
11
Now at the Feast the Jews were watching for Him
And
asking, 'Where is that man?'
12
Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about Him.
Some
said, 'He is a good man.'
Others
replied, 'No He deceives the people.'
13
But no one would say anything Publicly about Him
FOR
FEAR OF THE JEWS.
Jesus
Teaches At The Feast
14
Not until halfway through the Feast
Did
Jesus go up to the Temple Courts
And
begin to Teach.
15
The Jews were amazed and asked,
'HOW
DID THIS MAN GET SUCH LEARNING
WITHOUT
HAVING STUDIED?
Jesus
answered,
'MY
TEACHING IS NOT MY OWN.
IT
COMES FROM HIM WHO SENT ME.
17
IF ANYONE CHOOSES TO DO GOD'S WILL,
HE
WILL FIND OUT WHETHER MY TEACHING COMES FROM GOD
OR
WHETHER I SPEAK ON MY OWN.
18
HE WHO SPEAKS ON HIS OWN
DOES
SO TO GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF,
BUT
HE WHO WORKS FOR THE HONOR
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?
YET
NOT ONE OF YOU KEEPS THE LAW.
WHY
ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?'
20
You are Demon-possessed,' the crowd answered.
'Who
is trying to Kill You?'
21
Jesus said to them,
'I
DID ONE MIRACLE, AND YOU ARE ALL ASTONISHED.
22
Yet, because Moses gave you Circumcision
(Though
actually it did not come from Moses,
But
from the Patriarchs),
You
Circumcise a child on the Sabbath.
23
Now if a child can be Circumcised on the Sabbath
So
that the Law of Moses may not be broken,
WHY
ARE YOU ANGRY WITH ME
FOR
HEALING THE WHOLE MAN ON THE SABBATH?
24
STOP JUDGING BY MERE APPEARANCES,
AND
MAKE A RIGHT JUDGMENT.'
Is Jesus
The Christ?
25 At that
point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask,
“Isn’t
this the man they are trying to Kill?
26 Here He
is, speaking publicly,
And they
are not saying a word to Him.
Have the
authorities really concluded that He is the Christ?
27 But we
know where this man is from;
When the
Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”
28 Then
Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out,
'YES, YOU
KNOW ME, AND YOU KNOW WHERE I AM FROM.
I AM NOT
HERE ON MY OWN, BUT HE WHO SENT ME IS TRUE.
YOU DO NOT
KNOW HIM BECAUSE I AM FROM HIM AND HE SENT ME.'
30 At this
they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him,
BECAUSE
HIS TIME HAD NOT YET COME.
31 Still,
many in the crowd put their faith in him.
They said,
'When the Christ comes,
Will he do
more miraculous signs than this man?'
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,
And then I
will go to the One Who sent Me.
34 You
will look for Me, but you will not find Me;
And where
I am, you cannot come.'
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 among the Greeks,
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’?
37 On the
Last and Greatest Day of the Feast,
Jesus
stood and said in a loud voice,
'IF A MAN
IS THIRSTY, LET HIM COME TO ME AND DRINK.
38 WHOEVER
BELIEVES IN ME, AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID,
STREAMS OF
LIVING WATER WILL FLOW FROM WITHIN HIM.'
39 By this
He meant the Spirit,
Whom those
who believed in Him were later to receive.
Up to that
time the Spirit had not been given,
Since
Jesus had not yet been Glorified.
40 On
hearing His words, some of the people said,
'Surely
this man is the Prophet.'
41 Others
said, 'He is the Christ.'
Still
others asked,' How can the Christ come from Galilee”
42 Does
not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family
And from
Bethlehem, the town where David lived?'
43 Thus
the people were divided because of Jesus.
44 Some
wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
Unbelief
Of The Jewish Leaders
45 Finally
the Temple guards
Went back
to the Chief Priests and Pharisees,
Who asked
them, 'Why didn't you bring Him in.
46 No one
ever spoke the way this man does,' the guards declared.
47 'You
mean He has Deceived you also?' the Pharisees retorted.
48 'Has
any of the Rulers or of the Pharisees believed in Him?
49 No! But
this Mob that knows nothing of the Law--
There is a
Curse on them.'
50
Nicodemus, 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 is 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.'
53 Then
each went to his own home.
(John 7)
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