John 7:1-24

Jesus’ Brothers Do Not Believe in Him

1 And after these [things] Jesus was going about in Galilee. For he did not want to go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.

2 Now the feast of the Jews--the [feast of] Tabernacles--was near.

3 So his brothers said to him, "Depart from here and go to Judea, so that your disciples also can see your works that you are doing.

4 For no one does anything in secret and [yet] he himself desires to be {publicly recognized}. If you are doing these [things], reveal yourself to the world!"

5 (For not even his brothers believed in him.)

Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles

6 So Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it, that its deeds are evil.

8 You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, because my time is not yet completed.

9 And [when he] had said these [things], he remained in Galilee.

10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but (as it were) in secret.

11 So the Jews were looking for him at the feast, and were saying, "Where is he?"

12 And there was a lot of grumbling concerning him among the crowds; some were saying, "He is a good [man]," but others were saying, "No, but he deceives the crowd."

13 However, no one was speaking openly about him for fear of the Jews.

14 {Now when the feast was already half over}, Jesus went to the temple [courts] and began to teach.

15 Then the Jews were astonished, saying, "How does this man {possess knowledge}, [because he] has not been taught?"

16 So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not mine, but [is] from the one who sent me.

17 If anyone wants to do his will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or I am speaking from myself.

18 The one who speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But the one who seeks the glory of the one who sent him--this one is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

19 Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you carries out the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"

20 The crowd replied, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?"

21 Jesus answered and said to them, "I performed one work, and you are all astonished.

22 Because of this Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses would not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole man well on the Sabbath?

24 Do not judge according to outward appearance, but judge according to righteous judgment!"

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "with openness"
• [b]. Most manuscripts read "not yet" here, but this is obviously an easier reading intended to reconcile the statement with Jesus' later actions
• [c]. Or "fulfilled"
• [d]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had said") which is understood as temporal
• [e]. Literally "now it being already in the middle of the feast"
• [f]. *Here "[courts]" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
• [g]. *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to teach")
• [h]. Literally "know letters"
• [i]. *Here "[because]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("been taught") which is understood as causal
• [j]. *Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
• [k]. Or "a man entirely well"