And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

For this is My Father’s will and purpose, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him [as Savior] will have eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.”

So the Jews, [who were assembled in the synagogue. See verse 59] began complaining about Jesus because He had said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?

So Jesus answered, “Stop murmuring among yourselves.

No one can come to me unless the Father, who sent me, attracts him to me. [See verse 65]. And I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.

The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

This is the Bread that comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.

I, am the living bread, which, out of heaven, came down: If one eat of this bread, he shall live unto times age-abiding; and, the bread, moreover, which, I, will give, is, my flesh - for the world's life.

So the Jews began to quarrel {among themselves}, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

The person who eats my physical body and drinks my blood has never ending life [See note on 5:24], and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day [i.e., the judgment day].

As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

So, when they heard [these things], many of Jesus' disciples said, "This is difficult teaching. Who can listen to it [i.e., and accept it]?"

Jesus, inwardly conscious that his disciples were murmuring at it, said to them, "So this upsets you?

What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

It's the Spirit who gives life; the flesh accomplishes nothing. The words that I've spoken to you are spirit and life.

And He was saying, “This is the reason why I have told you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him [that is, unless he is enabled to do so] by the Father.”

So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, [do you]?"

And we apostles have believed [in you] and know that you are God's Holy One."

"Did not I myself choose you to be the Twelve?" replied Jesus; "and yet, even of you, one is playing the 'Devil's' part."

And he spake of Judas, Simon's son, Iscariot, for he was about to deliver him up, being one of the twelve.

After this, Jesus went about in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were eager to put him to death.

His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

For no one does anything in secret while he’s seeking public recognition. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.”

So Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

but me it hates, because I bear my testimony concerning it, that it's deeds are evil.

You men go [on] up to the festival, but I am not going up yet [Note: Although "yet" appears in only a few manuscripts, it seems to be the proper idea here], because my time has not yet come. [See verse 6].

Then after saying these things, Jesus remained in Galilee [i.e., for awhile longer. See next verse].

So the Jews were looking for him at the feast, and were saying, "Where is he?"

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.

No one, however, was speaking openly about him, for fear of the Jews. "But now I am coming to thee, and I am speaking these things while I am in the world, so that they may have my joy in all its fulness in themselves.

Then the Jews were perplexed. They said, “How did this man become learned [so versed in the Scriptures and theology] without formal training?”

So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not mine, but [is] from the one who sent me.

If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know whether the teaching is of God or whether I speak on My own accord and by My own authority.

The one who speaks on his own seeks his own praise. But the one who seeks the praise of him who sent him is genuine, and there's nothing false in him.

Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?

Jesus answered them, "I performed one [miraculous] deed and you were all amazed by it [i.e., the healing of the crippled man on the Sabbath day. See 5:1-9].

Moses gave you circumcision not that it is from Moses, but from the Patriarchs and so you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

If, to avoid breaking the Law of Moses, a man undergoes circumcision on the Sabbath, why are you angry with Me for making a man’s whole body well on the Sabbath?

Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.

Then some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem began to say, "Is this not [the one] whom they are seeking to kill?

But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

At this point Jesus, still teaching in the Temple, shouted, "So you know me and know where I've come from? I haven't come on my own accord. But the one who sent me is true, and he's the one you don't know.

So they were seeking to seize him, and no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

And many from the multitude believed on Him; and continued to say, When Christ may come, will He do more miracles than this one is doing?

The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple police to arrest Him.

So Jesus said, "Still for a short time I am with you, and then I go my way to Him who sent me.

You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.

So the Jews said to one another, "Where [is] this one going to go, that we will not find him? He is not going to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, [is he]?

What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

As the Scripture has recorded [Note: The following is not an exact quotation from the OT, but echoes Isa. 58:11 and Zech. 14:8], 'Streams of life-giving water will flow from the person's heart who believes in me.'"

Now He said this about the Holy Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive [See Acts 2:38]. For [at that time] the Holy Spirit had not yet been given, since Jesus had not yet received splendor [in heaven].

Then, [when they] heard these words, [some] from the crowd began to say, "This man is truly the Prophet!"

Others said, "He is the Christ." But others again, "Not so, for is the Christ to come from Galilee?

Did not the Writing say, that out of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem -- the village where David was -- the Christ doth come?'

So there was a division among the people because of him.

So the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees. And they said to them, "{Why} did you not bring him?"

The officers answered, Never man so spake.

But one of their number, Nicodemus, who before this had been to see Jesus, said to them:

“Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”

They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

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At daybreak he appeared again in the Temple, and all the people came to him. So he sat down and began to teach them.

They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

and in the law, Moses did command us that such be stoned; thou, therefore, what dost thou say?'

(Now they were saying this to test him, so that they would have [an occasion] to bring charges against him.) But Jesus, bending down, began to write with [his] finger on the ground, taking no notice.

So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

And when they heard [what He had said], they [all] left, one at a time, beginning with the oldest men. So, Jesus was left alone with the woman [still standing] there where she was.

When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

And she said, "No one, Lord." So Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go, and sin no more."]]

So, Jesus spoke to them again [i.e., to the Jewish authorities. See 7:45], saying, "I am the light of the world. The person who becomes my follower will never live in [spiritual] darkness, but have the light of [i.e., for his] life [i.e., followers of Jesus will not live in error and sin but in truth and righteousness]."

So the Pharisees said to him, "You testify concerning yourself! Your testimony is not true."

You judge according to human standards [just by what you see]. I do not judge anyone.

But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together.

It's also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.

So they were saying to him, "Where is your father?" Jesus replied, "You know neither me nor my Father! If you had known me, you would have known my Father also."

So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me and will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come!"

Then the Jews began to say, "Perhaps he will kill himself, because he is saying, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"

Therefore I said to you that you will die [condemned] in your sins. For unless you believe that I am [the Messiah, who came from above. See verse 23], you will die [condemned] in your sins."

They said therefore to him, Who art thou? And Jesus said to them, Altogether that which I also say to you.

I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.

They did not see that his words were about the Father.

So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man [on the cross], you will know then [without any doubt] that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own authority, but I say these things just as My Father taught Me.

So Jesus was saying to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you abide in My word [continually obeying My teachings and living in accordance with them, then] you are truly My disciples.

They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

Now a slave does not remain permanently in his master's house, but a son does.

So if the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably free.

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

I tell the things that I have seen at My Father’s side [in His very presence]; so you also do the things that you heard from your father.”

They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

Jesus told them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing what Abraham did. But now you're trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham would'nt have done that.

You are doing your father's actions." They told him, "We're not illegitimate children. We have one Father, God himself."

Why do you misunderstand what I am saying? It is because [your spiritual ears are deaf and] you are unable to hear [the truth of] My word.

You are of your father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of liars.

But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.

Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.