John 7:25

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Questions About Jesus’ Identity Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say,“Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

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  • John 7:10-11 : 10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret. 11 So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking,“Where is he?”

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  • John 7:26-27
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    26Yet here he is, speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to him. Do the ruling authorities really know that this man is the Christ?

    27But we know where this man comes from. Whenever the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”

  • John 7:11-13
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    11So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking,“Where is he?”

    12There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying,“He is a good man,” but others,“He deceives the common people.”

    13However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders.

  • John 18:7
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    7Then Jesus asked them again,“Who are you looking for?” And they said,“Jesus the Nazarene.”

  • John 7:43-46
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    43So there was a division in the crowd because of Jesus.

    44Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

    45Lack of Belief Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them,“Why didn’t you bring him back with you?”

    46The officers replied,“No one ever spoke like this man!”

  • John 7:19-20
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    19Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”

    20The crowd answered,“You’re possessed by a demon! Who is trying to kill you?”

  • John 7:40-41
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    40Differing Opinions About Jesus When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say,“This really is the Prophet!”

    41Others said,“This is the Christ!” But still others said,“No, for the Christ doesn’t come from Galilee, does he?

  • John 7:30-32
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    30So then they tried to seize Jesus, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

    31Yet many of the crowd believed in him and said,“Whenever the Christ comes, he won’t perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?”

    32The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

  • Acts 13:27-28
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    27For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

    28Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

  • John 7:24
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    24Do not judge according to external appearance, but judge with proper judgment.”

  • Acts 7:52
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    52Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!

  • Luke 22:2
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    2The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

  • John 7:1
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    1The Feast of Shelters After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.

  • John 11:56-57
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    56Thus they were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple courts,“What do you think? That he won’t come to the feast?”

    57(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

  • Acts 7:1
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    1Stephen’s Defense Before the Council Then the high priest said,“Are these things true?”

  • John 7:35-36
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    35Then the Jewish leaders said to one another,“Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?

    36What did he mean by saying,‘You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

  • John 18:4-5
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    4Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them,“Who are you looking for?”

    5They replied,“Jesus the Nazarene.” He told them,“I am he.”(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)

  • John 18:34
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    34Jesus replied,“Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?”

  • Mark 1:37
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    37When they found him, they said,“Everyone is looking for you.”

  • Matt 26:4-5
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    4They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

    5But they said,“Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

  • John 7:51
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    51“Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”

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    14They answered,“Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

  • John 8:20
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    20(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)

  • Matt 26:66
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    66What is your verdict?” They answered,“He is guilty and deserves death.”

  • John 11:37
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    37But some of them said,“This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?”

  • Luke 20:7
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    7So they replied that they did not know where it came from.

  • John 11:47
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    47So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said,“What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

  • Matt 26:55
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    55At that moment Jesus said to the crowd,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

  • Luke 7:20
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    20When the men came to Jesus, they said,“John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask,‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?’”

  • Matt 21:46
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    46They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.

  • Matt 15:1
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    1Breaking Human Traditions Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,

  • Luke 7:18
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    18Jesus and John the Baptist John’s disciples informed him about all these things. So John called two of his disciples

  • John 10:24
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    24The Jewish leaders surrounded him and asked,“How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

  • Acts 5:27
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    27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

  • Mark 14:55
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    55The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything.

  • Matt 27:47
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    47When some of the bystanders heard it, they said,“This man is calling for Elijah.”