1 J esus did not stay in the country of Judea because the Jews were trying to kill Him. After this He went from place to place in the country of Galilee.

And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

2 A religious gathering of the Jews was near. This gathering was called the Supper of Tents.

Now the tabernacles, the feast of the Jews, was near.

3 T he brothers of Jesus said to Him, “Leave here and go to the country of Judea. Let Your followers there see the things You do.

His brethren therefore said to him, Remove hence and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou doest;

4 I f a person wants others to know what he is doing, he does things to be seen. Since You are doing such things, show Yourself to the world.”

for no one does anything in secret and himself seeks to be in public. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world:

5 N ot even His brothers were putting their trust in Him.

for neither did his brethren believe on him.

6 J esus said to them, “My time has not yet come. But any time is good for you.

Jesus therefore says to them, My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready.

7 T he world cannot hate you but it hates Me. I speak against the world because of its sinful works.

The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil.

8 Y ou go to the religious gathering. I am not going yet. My time has not yet come.”

Ye, go ye up to this feast. I go not up to this feast, for my time is not yet fulfilled.

9 J esus told His brothers this and then stayed in Galilee.

Having said these things to them he abode in Galilee.

10 H is brothers went to the religious gathering. He went later by Himself so He would not be seen there.

But when his brethren had gone up, then he himself also went up to the feast, not openly, but as in secret.

11 A t the religious gathering the Jews were looking for Jesus. They were saying, “Where is He?”

The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

12 T here was much talk among the people about Him. Some said, “He is a good Man.” Others said, “No, He leads the people in the wrong way.”

And there was much murmuring concerning him among the crowds. Some said, He is good; others said, No; but he deceives the crowd.

13 N o one spoke about Him in front of other people. They were afraid of the Jews. Jesus Tells Where His Teaching Is From

However, no one spoke openly concerning him on account of fear of the Jews.

14 T he religious gathering was half over when Jesus went to the house of God and taught.

But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

15 T he Jews were surprised and wondered, saying, “How can this Man know so much when He has never been to school?”

The Jews therefore wondered, saying, How knows this letters, having never learned?

16 J esus said to them, “What I teach is not Mine. It is from God Who sent Me.

Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but of him that has sent me.

17 I f anyone will do what God wants, he will know if My teaching is from God, or if I am speaking of Myself.

If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or I speak from myself.

18 T he man who speaks of himself is looking for greatness for himself. But He Who is looking for the greatness of the One Who sent Him is true. There is nothing false in Him.

He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that has sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness is not in him.

19 D id not Moses give you the Law? And yet not one of you keeps the Law. Why do you try to kill me?”

Has not Moses given you the law, and no one of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me?

20 T he people said, “You have a demon in You. Who is trying to kill You?”

The crowd answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeks to kill thee?

21 J esus said to them, “I did one work and you are surprised.

Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and ye all wonder.

22 M oses gave you the religious act of becoming a Jew. (Yet it was not from Moses but from the early fathers.) You do this religious act on a man on the Day of Rest.

Therefore Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on sabbath.

23 N ow if you can do that, why are you angry with Me for healing a man on the Day of Rest?

If a man receives circumcision on sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be violated, are ye angry with me because I have made a man entirely sound on sabbath?

24 D o not say a person is guilty by what you see. Be sure you know when you say what is right or wrong.”

Judge not according to sight, but judge righteous judgment.

25 S ome of the people of Jerusalem said, “Is not this the Man the Jews want to kill?

Some therefore of those of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

26 B ut see! This Man is speaking out in the open. They are saying nothing to Him. Do the leaders know this is the true Christ?

and behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers then indeed recognised that this is the Christ?

27 W e know where this Man came from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He comes from.”

But this we know whence he is. Now the Christ, when he comes, no one knows whence he is.

28 T hen Jesus spoke with a loud voice as He taught in the house of God. He said, “You know Me. You know where I came from. I have not come on My own. The One Who sent Me is true but you do not know Him.

Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me and ye know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye do not know.

29 I know Him because I am from Him and He sent Me.”

I know him, because I am from him, and he has sent me.

30 T hen they wanted to take Jesus but no one put his hands on Him. His time had not yet come.

They sought therefore to take him; and no one laid his hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.

31 M any of the people believed in Him. They said, “When Christ comes, will He do more powerful works than this Man?”

But many of the crowd believed on him, and said, Will the Christ, when he comes, do more signs than those which this has done?

32 T he proud religious law-keepers heard the people talking about Jesus. The religious leaders of the Jews and the proud religious law-keepers sent soldiers to take Him.

The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they might take him.

33 J esus said to them, “I will be with you a little while yet. Then I will go back to Him Who sent Me.

Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while I am with you, and I go to him that has sent me.

34 Y ou will look for Me but you will not find Me. Where I go, you cannot come.”

Ye shall seek me and shall not find, and where I am ye cannot come.

35 T he Jews said to themselves, “Where can He go that we will not find Him? Will He go to our people who live among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?

The Jews therefore said to one another, Where is he about to go that we shall not find him? Is he about to go to the dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

36 W hat does He mean when He says, ‘You will look for Me but you will not find Me, and where I go, you cannot come’ ?” Jesus Promises to Give the Holy Spirit

What word is this which he said, Ye shall seek me and shall not find; and where I am ye cannot come?

37 I t was the last and great day of the religious gathering. Jesus stood up and spoke with a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

In the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.

38 T he Holy Writings say that rivers of living water will flow from the heart of the one who puts his trust in Me.”

He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

39 J esus said this about the Holy Spirit Who would come to those who put their trust in Him. The Holy Spirit had not yet been given. Jesus had not yet been raised to the place of honor. The People Cannot Make Up Their Minds Who He Is

But this he said concerning the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive; for Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

40 W hen many of the people heard His words, they said, “For sure, this is the One Who speaks for God.”

out of the crowd therefore, having heard this word, said, This is truly the prophet.

41 O thers said, “He is the Christ!” Some said, “The Christ would not come from the country of Galilee, would He?

Others said, This is the Christ. Others said, Does then the Christ come out of Galilee?

42 D o not the Holy Writings say that the Christ will come from the family of David? Will He not come from the town of Bethlehem where David lived?”

Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from the village of Bethlehem, where David was?

43 T he people were divided in what they thought about Him.

There was a division therefore in the crowd on account of him.

44 S ome of them wanted to take Him. But no one put their hands on Him.

But some of them desired to take him, but no one laid hands upon him.

45 T he soldiers came back to the religious leaders of the Jews and to the proud religious law-keepers. They said to the soldiers, “Why did you not bring Him?”

The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why have ye not brought him?

46 T he soldiers answered, “No man has ever spoken like this Man speaks.”

The officers answered, Never man spoke thus, as this man.

47 T he proud religious law-keepers said, “Have you been led the wrong way also?

The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also deceived?

48 H as anyone of the leaders or anyone from our group believed in Him?

Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?

49 A s for all these people, they do not know the Law. They are guilty and will be punished by God.”

But this crowd, which does not know the law, are accursed.

50 ( Nicodemus was one of the proud religious law-keepers. He had come to Jesus at another time.) Nicodemus said to them,

Nicodemus says to them (being one of themselves),

51 “ Our Law does not say a man is guilty before he has been in court and before we know what he has done.”

Does our law judge a man before it have first heard from himself, and know what he does?

52 T hey said to him, “Are you from Galilee also? Look into the Word of God yourself. You will see that no one who speaks for God comes from Galilee.”

They answered and said to him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search and look, that no prophet arises out of Galilee.

53 T hen everyone went home.

And every one went to his home.