7:1 ^[42] After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him:

7:2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand:

7:3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest:

7:4 For [there is] no man [that] doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world:

7:5 For neither did his brethren believe in him:

7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready:

7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil:

7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come:

7:9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode [still] in Galilee:

7:10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret:

7:11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he:

7:12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people:

7:13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews:

7:14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught:

7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned:

7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me:

7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or [whether] I speak of myself:

7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him:

7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me:

7:20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee:

7:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel:

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:

7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day:

7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment:

7:25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill:

7:26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ:

7:27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is:

7:28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not:

7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me:

7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come:

7:31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this [man] hath done:

7:32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him:

7:33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and [then] I go unto him that sent me:

7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come:

7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles:

7:36 What [manner of] saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come:

7:37 In the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink:

7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water:

7:39 But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet [given]; because that Jesus was not yet glorified:

7:40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet:

7:41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee:

7:42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was:

7:43 So there was a division among the people because of him:

7:44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him:

7:45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him:

7:46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man:

7:47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived:

7:48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him:

7:49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed:

7:50 Nicodemus saith unto them, ( he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them:

7:51 Doth our law judge [any] man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth:

7:52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet: