JESUS AT THE FEAST--RETURN OF THE OFFICERS OF THE CHIEF PRIESTS
Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand. His brethren therefore
said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also
may see the works that thou doest. For _there is_ no man _that_ doeth
anything in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou
do these things, shew thyself to the world. For neither did his brethren
believe in him. Then Jesus said unto them,
My time is not yet come: but your time is always ready. The
world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of
it, that the works thereof are evil. Go ye up unto this feast:
I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full
come.
When he had said these words unto them, he abode _still_ in Galilee.
But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast,
not openly, but as it were in secret.
Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, where is he? 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. Howbeit no
man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and
taught. And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters,
having never learned? Jesus answered them, and said,
My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will
do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of
God, or _whether_ I speak of myself. 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. Did not Moses give you the law, and _yet_ none of you
keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill
thee? Jesus answered and said unto them,
I have done one work, and ye all marvel. 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. 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? Judge not according
to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to
kill? But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the
rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? Howbeit we know this
man whence he is, but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
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. But I
know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his
hour was not yet come. 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? The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things
concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to
take him. Then said Jesus unto them,
Yet a little while am I with you, and _then_ I go unto him
that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find _me_: and
where I am, _thither_ ye cannot come.
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? 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? 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. He that
believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly
shall flow rivers of living water.
(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.)
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a
truth this is the Prophet. Others said, This is the Christ. But some
said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the Scripture said,
That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of
Bethlehem, where David was? So there was a division among the people
because of him. And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid
hands on him.
Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said
unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man
spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also
deceived? Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of
them,) Doth our law judge _any_ man, before it hear him, and know what
he doeth? They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee?
Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. And every man
went unto his own house. Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.