AND Jesus after these things travelled about in Galilee: for he would
not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. (2)And a
feast of the Jews was nigh, the feast of tabernacles. (3)Then said his
disciples to him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples
also may see thy works which thou doest. (4)For no man doeth any thing
in secret, yet seeketh himself to appear publicly: if thou doest these
things, exhibit thyself to the world. (5)For even his own brethren did
not believe on him. (6)Jesus therefore saith to them, My proper time is
not yet come: but your time is always ready. (7)The world cannot hate
you, but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its deeds are
evil. (8)Go ye up to this feast: for I am not yet going up to this
feast, because my fixed time is not yet arrived. (9)Thus speaking to
them then, he continued in Galilee. (10)But as soon as his disciples
were gone up, then went he also himself up to the feast: not in public,
but as in concealment.
(11)The Jews then sought for him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
(12)And there was a great murmur concerning him among the multitude:
some said, Surely he is a good man: others said, No; he only deceiveth
the people. (13)Yet no person spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
(14)But now at the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple,
and taught. (15)And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man
the scriptures, not being a scholar? (16)Jesus answered them and said,
My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. (17)If any man will do
his will, he shall know respecting the doctrine, whether it is of God,
or whether I speak from myself. (18)He that speaketh from himself,
seeks his own individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him
that sent him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none. (19)Hath
not Moses given you the law, yet none of you practises the law? Why do
ye seek to kill me? (20)The multitude answered and said, Thou hast a
devil: who is seeking to kill thee? (21)Jesus answered and said unto
them, I have performed one work, and ye all marvel. (22)Because Moses
ordered you circumcision; (not that it comes from Moses, but from our
ancestors;) so ye circumcise a man on the sabbath-day. (23)If a man
receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses should
not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have made a man
whole on the sabbath-day? (24)Judge not by appearance, but judge
righteous judgment. (25)Then said some of the people of Jerusalem, is
not this the man whom they are seeking to kill? (26)And, lo! he
speaketh openly, and they say not a word to him. Do the rulers
certainly know that this man is really the Messiah? (27)But we know
this man whence he is: but when the Messiah cometh, no man knoweth
whence he is. (28)Then spake Jesus aloud as he was teaching in the
temple, and said, Ye both know me, and ye know from whence I am: and I
came not of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
(29)But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
(30)Then they sought to apprehend him: but no man laid hands on him,
because his hour was not yet come. (31)But many of the multitude
believed on him, and said, When the Messiah cometh, will he do greater
miracles than those which this man doth? (32)The Pharisees heard the
people muttering these things respecting him; and the Pharisees and
chief priests sent officers to apprehend him. (33)Then said Jesus unto
them, A little while longer I am with you, and I am going to him that
sent me. (34)Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am,
ye cannot come. (35)Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will
this man go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the dispersed
among the Grecians, and teach the Greeks? (36)What is this saying which
he hath spoken, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I
am, ye cannot come?
(37)Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and
spake aloud, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
(38)He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from his belly
shall rivers flow of living water. (39)(Now he spake this in reference
to the Spirit, which they who believe on him should afterwards receive:
for as yet the Holy Ghost was not given; because Jesus was not yet
glorified.) (40)Many then of the multitude, when they heard this
declaration, said, This man is certainly a prophet. (41)Others said, He
is the Messiah. But others said, No: for cometh the Messiah out of
Galilee? (42)Doth not the scripture say, That the Messiah cometh of the
seed of David, and from the town of Bethlehem, whence David originally
was? (43)There was a division therefore among the multitude on account
of him. (44)Now some of them were desirous to apprehend him; but no one
laid hands upon him. (45)Then came the officers to the chief priests
and Pharisee; and they said to them, Why have ye not brought him?
(46)The officers answered, Never did man before speak in such a manner
as this man. (47)The Pharisees then replied to them, Are ye also
deluded? (48)Hath any one of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on
him? (49)But this rabble, which knoweth not the law, is accursed.
(50)Nicodemus saith unto them, (the same person who came to him by
night, being one of their body,) (51)Doth our law condemn a man,
without first hearing his defence, and knowing what he hath done?
(52)They answered and said to him, Art thou not from Galilee too?
Search and see: for a prophet, out of Galilee, never was raised up.
(53)So each went to his own home.