Haweis - John - 7

7:1  AND Jesus after these things travelled about in Galilee: for he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

7:2  And a feast of the Jews was nigh, the feast of tabernacles.

7:3  Then said his disciples to him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou doest.

7:4  For no man doeth any thing in secret, yet seeketh himself to appear publicly: if thou doest these things, exhibit thyself to the world.

7:5  For even his own brethren did not believe on him.

7:6  Jesus therefore saith to them, My proper time is not yet come: but your time is always ready.

7:7  The world cannot hate you, but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.

7:8  Go ye up to this feast: for I am not yet going up to this feast, because my fixed time is not yet arrived.

7:9  Thus speaking to them then, he continued in Galilee.

7:10  But as soon as his disciples were gone up, then went he also himself up to the feast: not in public, but as in concealment.

7:11  The Jews then sought for him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

7:12  And there was a great murmur concerning him among the multitude: some said, Surely he is a good man: others said, No; he only deceiveth the people.

7:13  Yet no person spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

7:14  But now at the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

7:15  And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man the scriptures, not being a scholar?

7:16  Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

7:17  If any man will do his will, he shall know respecting the doctrine, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

7:18  He that speaketh from himself, seeks his own individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none.

7:19  Hath not Moses given you the law, yet none of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me?

7:20  The multitude answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who is seeking to kill thee?

7:21  Jesus answered and said unto them, I have performed one work, and ye all marvel.

7:22  Because Moses ordered you circumcision; (not that it comes from Moses, but from our ancestors;) so ye circumcise a man on the sabbath-day.

7:23  If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses should not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have made a man whole on the sabbath-day?

7:24  Judge not by appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

7:25  Then said some of the people of Jerusalem, is not this the man whom they are seeking to kill?

7:26  And, lo! he speaketh openly, and they say not a word to him. Do the rulers certainly know that this man is really the Messiah?

7:27  But we know this man whence he is: but when the Messiah cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

7:28  Then spake Jesus aloud as he was teaching in the temple, and said, Ye both know me, and ye know from whence I am: and I came not of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

7:29  But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

7:30  Then they sought to apprehend him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

7:31  But many of the multitude believed on him, and said, When the Messiah cometh, will he do greater miracles than those which this man doth?

7:32  The Pharisees heard the people muttering these things respecting him; and the Pharisees and chief priests sent officers to apprehend him.

7:33  Then said Jesus unto them, A little while longer I am with you, and I am going to him that sent me.

7:34  Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.

7:35  Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the dispersed among the Grecians, and teach the Greeks?

7:36  What is this saying which he hath spoken, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come?

7:37  Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and spake aloud, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.

7:38  He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from his belly shall rivers flow of living water.

7:39  (Now he spake this in reference to the Spirit, which they who believe on him should afterwards receive: for as yet the Holy Ghost was not given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

7:40  Many then of the multitude, when they heard this declaration, said, This man is certainly a prophet.

7:41  Others said, He is the Messiah. But others said, No: for cometh the Messiah out of Galilee?

7:42  Doth not the scripture say, That the Messiah cometh of the seed of David, and from the town of Bethlehem, whence David originally was?

7:43  There was a division therefore among the multitude on account of him.

7:44  Now some of them were desirous to apprehend him; but no one laid hands upon him.

7:45  Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisee; and they said to them, Why have ye not brought him?

7:46  The officers answered, Never did man before speak in such a manner as this man.

7:47  The Pharisees then replied to them, Are ye also deluded?

7:48  Hath any one of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

7:49  But this rabble, which knoweth not the law, is accursed.

7:50  Nicodemus saith unto them, (the same person who came to him by night, being one of their body,)

7:51  Doth our law condemn a man, without first hearing his defence, and knowing what he hath done?

7:52  They answered and said to him, Art thou not from Galilee too? Search and see: for a prophet, out of Galilee, never was raised up.

7:53  So each went to his own home.