Jesus Teaches at the Feast 1 DBY And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him. BSB BSB: After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
2 DBY Now the tabernacles, the feast of the Jews, was near. BSB BSB: However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
3 DBY His brethren therefore said to him, Remove hence and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou doest; BSB BSB: So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.
4 DBY for no one does anything in secret and himself seeks to be known in public. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world: BSB BSB: For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”
6 DBY Jesus therefore says to them, My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready. BSB BSB: Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
7 DBY The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil. BSB BSB: The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
8 DBY Ye, go ye up to this feast. I go not up to this feast, for my time is not yet fulfilled. BSB BSB: Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
9 DBY Having said these things to them he abode in Galilee. BSB BSB: Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee.
10 DBY But when his brethren had gone up, then he himself also went up to the feast, not openly, but as in secret. BSB BSB: But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
11 DBY The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? BSB BSB: So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
12 DBY And there was much murmuring concerning him among the crowds. Some said, He is a good man ; others said, No; but he deceives the crowd. BSB BSB: Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
13 DBY However, no one spoke openly concerning him on account of their fear of the Jews. BSB BSB: Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
14 DBY But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. BSB BSB: About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
16 DBY Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but that of him that has sent me. BSB BSB: “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
17 DBY If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or that I speak from myself. BSB BSB: If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
18 DBY He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that has sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness is not in him. BSB BSB: He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
19 DBY Has not Moses given you the law, and no one of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me? BSB BSB: Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
20 DBY The crowd answered and said , Thou hast a demon: who seeks to kill thee? BSB BSB: “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
21 DBY Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and ye all wonder. BSB BSB: Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.
22 DBY Therefore Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on sabbath. BSB BSB: But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
23 DBY If a man receives circumcision on sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be violated, are ye angry with me because I have made a man entirely sound on sabbath? BSB BSB: If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?
24 DBY Judge not according to sight, but judge righteous judgment. BSB BSB: Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
Is Jesus the Christ? 25 DBY Some therefore of those of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill? BSB BSB: Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
26 DBY and behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers then indeed recognised that this is the Christ? BSB BSB: Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
27 DBY But as to this man we know whence he is. Now as to the Christ, when he comes, no one knows whence he is. BSB BSB: But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”
28 DBY Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and 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 do not know. BSB BSB: Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
29 DBY I know him, because I am from him, and he has sent me. BSB BSB: but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”
30 DBY They sought therefore to take him; and no one laid his hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come. BSB BSB: So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
31 DBY But many of the crowd believed on him, and said, Will the Christ, when he comes, do more signs than those which this man has done? BSB BSB: Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
32 DBY The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they might take him. BSB BSB: When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
33 DBY Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while I am with you, and I go to him that has sent me. BSB BSB: So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.
34 DBY Ye shall seek me and shall not find me , and where I am ye cannot come. BSB BSB: You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
35 DBY The Jews therefore said to one another, Where is he about to go that we shall not find him? Is he about to go to the dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? BSB BSB: At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
36 DBY What word is this which he said, Ye shall seek me and shall not find me ; and where I am ye cannot come? BSB BSB: What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
Living Water 37 DBY In the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. BSB BSB: On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
38 DBY He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. BSB BSB: Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
39 DBY But this he said concerning the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. BSB BSB: He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Division over Jesus 40 DBY Some out of the crowd therefore, having heard this word, said, This is truly the prophet.BSB BSB: On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
41 DBY Others said, This is the Christ. Others said, Does then the Christ come out of Galilee? BSB BSB: Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
42 DBY Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from the village of Bethlehem, where David was? BSB BSB: Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
43 DBY There was a division therefore in the crowd on account of him. BSB BSB: So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.
44 DBY But some of them desired to take him, but no one laid hands upon him. BSB BSB: Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
The Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders 45 DBY The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why have ye not brought him? BSB BSB: Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
46 DBY The officers answered, Never man spoke thus, as this man speaks . BSB BSB: “Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
47 DBY The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also deceived? BSB BSB: “Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
48 DBY Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees? BSB BSB: “Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
49 DBY But this crowd, which does not know the law, are accursed. BSB BSB: But this crowd that does not know the law—they are under a curse.”
50 DBY Nicodemus says to them (being one of themselves), BSB BSB: Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
51 DBY Does our law judge a man before it have first heard from himself, and know what he does? BSB BSB: “Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
52 DBY They answered and said to him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search and look, that no prophet arises out of Galilee. BSB BSB: “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
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