Thematic Bible




John 7:1 (show verse)

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

John 7:2 (show verse)

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

John 7:3 (show verse)

His brothers therefore said to him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou art doing.

John 7:4 (show verse)

For no one doeth anything in secret, and yet himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.

John 7:5 (show verse)

For even his brothers did not believe in him.

John 7:6 (show verse)

Jesus saith to them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.

John 7:7 (show verse)

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

John 7:8 (show verse)

Go ye up to the feast; I go not up to this feast; for my time is not yet fully come.

John 7:9 (show verse)

Having said these things, he remained in Galilee.

John 7:10 (show verse)

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

John 7:11 (show verse)

The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is that man?

John 7:12 (show verse)

And there was much debating among the multitude concerning him. Some said, He is a good man; others said, Nay, but he deceiveth the multitude.

John 7:13 (show verse)

No one, however, spoke 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 taught.

John 7:15 (show verse)

The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

John 7:16 (show verse)

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

John 7:17 (show verse)

If any one is desirous to do his will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is from God, or whether I speak from myself.

John 7:18 (show verse)

He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory; but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and in him is no unrighteousness.

John 7:19 (show verse)

Hath not Moses given you the Law? and none of you keepeth the Law! Why do ye seek to kill me?

John 7:20 (show verse)

The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon! Who seeketh to kill thee?

John 7:21 (show verse)

Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one good work, and ye are all wondering.

John 7:22 (show verse)

Moses hath given you circumcision, (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath circumcise a man.

John 7:23 (show verse)

If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are ye angry at me, because I have restored soundness to the whole body of a man on the sabbath?

John 7:24 (show verse)

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

John 7:25 (show verse)

Then some of the men of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

John 7:26 (show verse)

and see! he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers discovered certainly that this man is the Christ?

John 7:27 (show verse)

Still, as to this man, we know whence he is; but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.

John 7:28 (show verse)

Jesus therefore cried aloud, teaching in the temple and saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am; and I have not come of myself, but there is in truth one who sent me, whom ye know not.

John 7:29 (show verse)

I know him, because I am from him, and he hath sent me.

John 7:30 (show verse)

Therefore they sought to take him; but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

John 7:31 (show verse)

But of the multitude many believed in him, and said, When the Christ cometh, will he do more signs than these which this man doeth?

John 7:32 (show verse)

The Pharisees heard the multitude thus debating concerning him; and the chief priest and the Pharisees sent officers to seize him.

John 7:33 (show verse)

Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while I am with you, and then I go to him that sent me.

John 7:34 (show verse)

Ye will seek me and not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come.

John 7:35 (show verse)

The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to the dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

John 7:36 (show verse)

What meaneth this which he said, Ye will seek me, and not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?

John 7:37 (show verse)

On the last day, which is the great day, of the feast, Jesus stood and cried aloud, saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me, and drink.

John 7:38 (show verse)

He that believeth in me, from within him, as the Scripture hath said, will flow rivers of living water.

John 7:39 (show verse)

But this he said of the Spirit, which those that believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

John 7:40 (show verse)

Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is in truth the prophet. Others said, This is the Christ.

John 7:41 (show verse)

Others said, Doth the Christ then come from Galilee?

John 7:42 (show verse)

Hath not the Scripture said, that the Christ cometh from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the town where David was?

John 7:43 (show verse)

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

John 7:44 (show verse)

And some of them wished to seize him; but no one laid hands on him.

John 7:45 (show verse)

The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why did ye not bring him?

John 7:46 (show verse)

The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.

John 7:47 (show verse)

The Pharisees answered them, Have ye also been deceived?

John 7:48 (show verse)

Hath any one of the rulers believed in him? or of the Pharisees?

John 7:49 (show verse)

but this multitude that know not the Law are accursed.

John 7:50 (show verse)

Nicodemus saith to them, being one of them,

John 7:51 (show verse)

Doth our law judge a man, unless it first hear from him, and know what he doeth?

John 7:52 (show verse)

They answered and said to him, Art thou too from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet ariseth from Galilee.

John 7:53 (show verse)

{Joh 7:538:12: This passage is omitted as ungenuine by Tischendorf and most critical editors of the Greek Testament. It is found in some manuscripts, but not in the most ancient. It is, however, very generally regarded as a genuine relic of the teaching of Christ, though not forming a part of the fourth Gospel. I give it in the text of Tregelles, omitting the words which he incloses in brackets. Tregelles, however, does not suppose it to be genuine.} [And they went each to his house;