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are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” 5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him. f 6 Therefore Jesus told them, “My time g is not yet here; for you any time will do. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me h because I testify that its w orks are evil. i 8 You go to the festival. I am not a go ing up to this festival, because my time j has not yet fully come.” 9 After he had said this, he s tayed in Galilee. 10 However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not public ly, but in secret. 11 Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus k and asking, “Where is he?” 12 Among the crowds there was wide spread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.” l 13 But no one would say any thing publicly a bout him for fear of the leaders. m
Jesus Teaches at the Festival 14 Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple c ourts and begin to teach. n 15 The Jews o there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning p without having been taught?” q 16 Jesus answered, “My teach ing is not my own. It c omes from the one who sent me. r 17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out s whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. 18 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, t but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false a bout him. 19 Has not Moses given you the law? u Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?” v 20 “ You are dem on-poss essed,” w the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?” 21 Jesus said to them, “I did one mira cle, and you are all amazed. 22 Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision x (though ac tually it did not come from Moses, but a 8
7:5 f Mk 3:21 7:6 g Mt 26:18 7:7 h Jn 15:18, 19 i Jn 3:19, 20 7:8 j ver 6 7:11 k Jn 11:56 7:12 l ver 40, 43 7:13 m Jn 9:22; 12:42; 19:38 7:14 n ver 28; Mt 26:55 7:15 o Jn 1:19 p Ac 26:24 q Mt 13:54 7:16 r Jn 3:11; 14:24 7:17 s Ps 25:14; Jn 8:43 7:18 t Jn 5:41; 8:50, 54 7:19 u Jn 1:17 v ver 1; Mt 12:14 7:20 w Jn 8:48; 10:20 7:22 x Lev 12:3
7:22 y Ge 17:10‑14 7:24 z Isa 11:3, 4; Jn 8:15 7:26 a ver 48 7:27 b Mt 13:55; Lk 4:22 7:28 c ver 14 d Jn 8:14 e Jn 8:26, 42 7:29 f Mt 11:27 7:30 g ver 32, 44; Jn 10:39 7:31 h Jn 8:30 i Jn 2:11 7:33 j Jn 13:33; 16:16 k Jn 16:5, 10, 17, 28
WORD WEALTH 7:18 false, adikia (ad-ee-kee-ah); Strong’s #93: Derived from a, negative, and the root dike, “right.” Misdeeds, injustice, moral wrongdoing, unjust acts, unrighteousness, iniquity. It is the opposite of truthfulness, faithfulness and rightness. from the patriarchs), y you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. 23 Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a m an’s whole body on the Sabbath? 24 Stop judg ing by mere ap pear anc es, but in stead judge correctly.” z
Division Over Who Jesus Is 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 a really concluded that he is the Messiah? 27 But we know w here this man is from; b when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.” 28 Then J esus, still teaching in the tem ple courts, c cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know w here I am from. d I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. e You do not know him, 29 but I know him f 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, g because his hour had not yet come. 31 Still, many in the crowd believed in him. h They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs i than this man?” 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whis pering such things a bout 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, j and then I am going to the one who sent me. k 34 You will look for me,
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7:5 After the resurrection of Jesus, his brothers were among the believers (see Ac 1:14). 7:15 Learning refers not to the basic ability of reading and writing but to Jesus’ knowledge and understanding of the Scriptures. Their puzzlement was over Jesus’ extraordinary knowledge without having been taught at one of the prestigious and official rabbinic schools of Shammai and Hillel. 7:17–18 See section 3 of Truth-In-Action at the end of John. 7:17 The teachings and claims of Jesus will be accepted by those who are intent on doing God’s will. 7:21 The one miracle refers to the healing of the cripple at the
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pool of Bethesda, the only miracle Jesus had performed in Jerusalem (5:1–15; see v. 23). 7:24 See section 1 of Truth-In-Action at the end of John. 7:27 The people were puzzled because they knew facts about the background of Jesus, whereas they supposed the coming of the Messiah to be shrouded in secrecy. 7:35 Where our people live scattered refers to Jews scattered throughout the Greek world. Later the term also denoted the Christians scattered abroad (1Pe 1:1). The Jews’ ignorance was only heightened by their supposition that Jesus was surely not going to preach to the Jews but to the Gentiles instead.
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