John 7:1-39

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

1 After these things Jesus ¹was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling * to walk in Judea because ²the Jews ³were seeking to kill Him.

2 Now the feast of the Jews, ⁴the Feast of Booths, was near.

3 Therefore His ⁵brothers said to Him, "Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your ⁶disciples also may see Your works which You are doing.

4 "For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world."

5 For not even His ⁷brothers were believing in Him.

6 So Jesus said to them, "⁸My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune.

7 "⁹The world cannot * hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that ¹⁰its deeds are evil.

8 "Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because ¹¹My time has not yet fully come."

9 Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.

10 But when His ¹²brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret.

11 ¹³So the Jews ¹⁴were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, "Where is He?"

12 There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; ¹⁵some were saying, "He is a good man "; others were saying, "No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray."

13 Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for ¹⁶fear of the Jews.

14 But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to ¹⁷teach.

15 ¹⁸The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this man ¹⁹become learned, having never been educated?"

16 So Jesus answered them and said, "²⁰My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.

17 "²¹If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself.

18 "He who speaks from himself ²²seeks 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.

19 "²³Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you ²⁴seek to kill Me?"

20 The crowd answered, "²⁵You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?"

21 Jesus answered them, "I did ²⁶one deed, and you all marvel.

22 "For this reason ²⁷Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from ²⁸the fathers ), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.

23 "²⁹If 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?

24 "Do not ³⁰judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."

25 So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, "Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill?

26 "Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. ³¹The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?

27 "However, ³²we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from."

28 Then Jesus cried out in the temple, ³³teaching and saying, "³⁴You both know Me and know where I am from; and ³⁵I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

29 "³⁶I know Him, because ³⁷I am from Him, and ³⁸He sent Me."

30 So they ³⁹were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His ⁴⁰hour had not yet come.

31 But ⁴¹many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, "⁴²When the Christ comes, He will not perform more ⁴³signs than those which this man has, will He?"

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ⁴⁴officers to ⁴⁵seize Him.

33 Therefore Jesus said, "⁴⁶For a little while longer I am with you, then ⁴⁷I go to Him who sent Me.

34 "⁴⁸You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot * come."

35 ⁴⁹The Jews then said to one another, "⁵⁰Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to ⁵¹the Dispersion among ⁵²the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He?

36 "What is this statement that He said, '⁵³You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot * come '?"

37 Now on ⁵⁴the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "⁵⁵If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

38 "He who believes in Me, ⁵⁶as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of ⁵⁷living water.' "

39 But this He spoke ⁵⁸of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ⁵⁹the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ⁶⁰glorified.

Cross References

• 1. John 4:3; John 6:1; John 11:54
• 2. John 1:19; John 7:11, 13, 15, 35
• 3. John 5:18; John 7:19; John 8:37, 40; John 11:53
• 4. Leviticus 23:34; Deuteronomy 16:13, 16; Zechariah 14:16-19
• 5. Matthew 12:46; Mark 3:21; John 7:5, 10
• 6. John 6:60
• 7. Matthew 12:46; Mark 3:21; John 7:3, 10
• 8. Matthew 26:18; John 2:4; John 7:8, 30
• 9. John 15:18
• 10. John 3:19
• 11. John 7:6
• 12. Matthew 12:46; Mark 3:21; John 7:3, 5
• 13. John 7:13, 15, 35
• 14. John 11:56
• 15. John 7:40-43
• 16. John 9:22; John 12:42; John 19:38; John 20:19
• 17. Matthew 26:55; John 7:28
• 18. John 1:19; John 7:11, 13, 35
• 19. Acts 26:24
• 20. John 3:11
• 21. Psalms 25:9, 14; Proverbs 3:32; Daniel 12:10; John 3:21; John 8:43
• 22. John 5:41; John 8:50, 54; John 12:43
• 23. John 1:17
• 24. Mark 11:18; John 7:1
• 25. Matthew 11:18; John 8:48f, 52; John 10:20
• 26. John 5:2-9, 16; John 7:23
• 27. Leviticus 12:3
• 28. Genesis 17:10f; Genesis 21:4; Acts 7:8
• 29. Matthew 12:2; John 5:9, 10
• 30. Leviticus 19:15; Isaiah 11:3; Zechariah 7:9; John 8:15
• 31. Luke 23:13; John 3:1
• 32. John 6:42; John 7:41; John 9:29
• 33. John 7:14
• 34. John 6:42; John 7:14; John 9:29
• 35. John 8:42
• 36. Matthew 11:27; John 8:55; John 17:25
• 37. John 6:46
• 38. John 3:17
• 39. Matthew 21:46; John 7:32, 44; John 10:39
• 40. John 7:6; John 8:20
• 41. John 2:23; John 8:30; John 10:42; John 11:45; John 12:11, 42
• 42. John 7:26
• 43. John 2:11
• 44. Matthew 26:58; John 7:45
• 45. Matthew 12:14
• 46. John 12:35; John 13:33; John 14:19; John 16:16-19
• 47. John 14:12, 28; John 16:5, 10, 17, 28; John 20:17
• 48. John 7:36; John 8:21; John 13:33
• 49. John 7:1
• 50. John 8:22
• 51. Psalms 147:2; Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 56:8; Zephaniah 3:10; James 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1
• 52. John 12:20; Acts 14:1; Acts 17:4; Acts 18:4; Romans 1:16
• 53. John 7:34; John 8:21; John 13:33
• 54. Leviticus 23:36; Numbers 29:35; Nehemiah 8:18
• 55. John 4:10, 14; John 6:35
• 56. Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 55:1; Isaiah 58:11
• 57. John 4:10
• 58. Joel 2:28; John 1:33
• 59. John 20:22; Acts 1:4; Acts 2:4, 33; Acts 19:2
• 60. John 12:16, 23; John 13:31; John 16:14; John 17:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "and"
• [b]. Or "work"
• [c]. Lit "judge the righteous judgment"
• [d]. I.e. the Messiah
• [e]. I.e. the Messiah
• [f]. Or "attesting miracles"
• [g]. Vv 37-38 may also be read: "If anyone is thirsty,...let him come..., he who believes in me as..."
• [h]. Or "let him keep coming to Me and let him keep drinking"
• [i]. Lit "out of his belly"