Thematic Bible

John 7:1

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judea because the Jews sought to kill him.

John 7:2

Now the feast of the Jews, of the tabernacles, was at hand.

John 7:3

His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart from this place and go into Judea that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

John 7:4

For no one who seeks to be clearly known does anything in secret. If thou doest these things, show thyself to the world.

John 7:5

For not even his brethren believed in him.

John 7:6

Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify of it that its works are evil.

John 7:8

Go ye up unto this feast; I go not up yet unto this feast, for my time is not yet fulfilled.

John 7:9

And having said these things unto them, he abode still in Galilee.

John 7:10

But when his brethren were gone up, then he also went up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

John 7:11

Then the Jews sought him at the feast and said, Where is he?

John 7:12

And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him, for some said, He is a good man; others said, No, but he deceives the people.

John 7:13

But no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.

John 7:14

Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

John 7:15

And the Jews marvelled, saying, How does this man know letters, having never learned?

John 7:16

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

John 7:17

If anyone desires to do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it is of God or whether I speak of myself.

John 7:18

He that speaks of himself seeks his own glory, but he that seeks the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

John 7:19

Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do ye go about to kill me?

John 7:20

The people answered and said, Thou hast a demon; who goes about to kill thee?

John 7:21

Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

John 7:22

Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

John 7:23

If a man on the sabbath day receives circumcision without the law of Moses being broken, are ye angry at me because I have made a man entirely whole on the sabbath day?

John 7:24

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

John 7:25

Then one of those of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

John 7:26

But, behold, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Have the rulers truly understood that this is indeed the Christ?

John 7:27

But we know where this man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one shall know where he is from.

John 7:28

Then Jesus cried out in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye know me, and ye know from where I come, but I have not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

John 7:29

But I know him, for I am from him, and he has sent me.

John 7:30

Then they sought to take him, but no one laid hands on him because his hour was not yet come.

John 7:31

And many of the people believed in him and said, When the Christ comes, will he do more signs than these which this man has done?

John 7:32

The Pharisees heard the people that murmured such things concerning him, and the princes of the priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.

John 7:33

Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while I shall be with you, and then I shall go unto him that sent me.

John 7:34

Ye shall seek me and shall not find me, and where I shall be, ye shall not be able to come.

John 7:35

Then the Jews said among themselves, Where will he go that we shall not find him? Will he go unto the dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?

John 7:36

What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me and shall not find me, and where I shall be ye shall not be able to come?

John 7:37

In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If any man thirsts, let him come unto me and drink.

John 7:38

He that believes in me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

John 7:39

(But this he spoke concerning the Spirit, which those that believe on him should receive, for the Holy Spirit was not yet given because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

John 7:40

Then many of the people, when they heard this word, said, Truly this is the Prophet.

John 7:41

Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall the Christ come out of Galilee?

John 7:42

Has not the scripture said, That the Christ comes of the seed of David and out of the town of Bethlehem where David was?

John 7:43

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

John 7:44

And some of them would have taken him, but no one laid hands on him.

John 7:45

Then the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees came, and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?

John 7:46

The officers answered, Never has anyone spoken like this man.

John 7:47

Then the Pharisees answered them, Are ye also deceived?

John 7:48

Have any of the princes or of the Pharisees believed on him?

John 7:49

But this people who do not know the law are cursed.

John 7:50

Nicodemus said unto them (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them),

John 7:51

Does our law judge any man before it hears him and knows what he does?

John 7:52

They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search and see, for a prophet has never arisen out of Galilee.

John 7:53

And each one went unto his own house.