Thematic Bible
John 7:1 (show verse)
After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.
John 7:2 (show verse)
Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near.
John 7:3 (show verse)
Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing.
John 7:4 (show verse)
For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.”
John 7:5 (show verse)
For not even His brothers were believing in Him.
John 7:6 (show verse)
So Jesus *said to them, “My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune.
John 7:7 (show verse)
John 7:8 (show verse)
John 7:9 (show verse)
Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.
John 7:10 (show verse)
But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret.
John 7:11 (show verse)
John 7:12 (show verse)
There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; some were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray.”
John 7:13 (show verse)
Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for fear of the Jews.
John 7:14 (show verse)
But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to teach.
John 7:15 (show verse)
John 7:16 (show verse)
So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.
John 7:17 (show verse)
John 7:18 (show verse)
John 7:19 (show verse)
John 7:20 (show verse)
The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?”
John 7:21 (show verse)
Jesus answered them, “I did one deed, and you all marvel.
John 7:22 (show verse)
John 7:23 (show verse)
John 7:24 (show verse)
John 7:25 (show verse)
So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill?
John 7:26 (show verse)
Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?
John 7:27 (show verse)
However, we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from.”
John 7:28 (show verse)
Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know Me and know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.
John 7:29 (show verse)
John 7:30 (show verse)
So they were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
John 7:31 (show verse)
But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “When the Christ comes, He will not perform more signs than those which this man has, will He?”
John 7:32 (show verse)
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize Him.
John 7:33 (show verse)
Therefore Jesus said, “For a little while longer I am with you, then I go to Him who sent Me.
John 7:34 (show verse)
John 7:35 (show verse)
John 7:36 (show verse)
What is this statement that He said, ‘You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’ ?”
John 7:37 (show verse)
Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
John 7:38 (show verse)
John 7:39 (show verse)
But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
John 7:40 (show verse)
Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is the Prophet.”
John 7:41 (show verse)
Others were saying, “This is the Christ.” Still others were saying, “Surely the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He?
John 7:42 (show verse)
Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
John 7:43 (show verse)
So a division occurred in the crowd because of Him.
John 7:44 (show verse)
John 7:45 (show verse)
The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?”
John 7:46 (show verse)
The officers answered, “Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks.”
John 7:47 (show verse)
The Pharisees then answered them, “You have not also been led astray, have you?
John 7:48 (show verse)
John 7:49 (show verse)
But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.”
John 7:50 (show verse)
John 7:51 (show verse)
“Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”
John 7:52 (show verse)
They answered him, “You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.”
John 7:53 (show verse)
[Everyone went to his home.