Verse 1
And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
Verse 2
Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
Verse 3
His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works which thou doest.
Verse 4
For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.
Verse 5
For even his brethren did not believe on him.
Verse 6
Jesus therefore saith unto them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.
Verse 7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
Verse 8
Go ye up unto the feast: I go not up unto this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.
Verse 9
And having said these things unto them, he abode [still] in Galilee.
Verse 10
But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
Verse 11
The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
Verse 12
And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: some said, He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray.
Verse 13
Yet no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
Verse 14
But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
Verse 15
The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
Verse 16
Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
Verse 17
If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak from myself.
Verse 18
He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
Verse 19
Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?
Verse 20
The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?
Verse 21
Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel because thereof.
Verse 22
Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.
Verse 23
If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?
Verse 24
Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Verse 25
Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
Verse 26
And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?
Verse 27
Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
Verse 28
Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
Verse 29
I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.
Verse 30
They sought therefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him, because his hour was not yet come.
Verse 31
But of the multitude many believed on him; and they said, When the Christ shall come, will he do more signs than those which this man hath done?
Verse 32
The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.
Verse 33
Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him that sent me.
Verse 34
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.
Verse 35
The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go that we shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
Verse 36
What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?
Verse 37
Now on the last day, the great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
Verse 38
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.
Verse 39
But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet [given] ; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Verse 40
[ Some] of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
Verse 41
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
Verse 42
Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
Verse 43
So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
Verse 44
And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
Verse 45
The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why did ye not bring him?
Verse 46
The officers answered, Never man so spake.
Verse 47
The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray?
Verse 48
Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?
Verse 49
But this multitude that knoweth not the law are accursed.
Verse 50
Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to him before, being one of them),
Verse 51
Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?
Verse 52
They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
Verse 53
{{And they went every man unto his own house: