John · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
John 7 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
1 After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2 Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
2 Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.
3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
3 His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.
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.
4 For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”
5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
5 For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.
6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
6 Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has 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 the works thereof are evil.
7 The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
8 You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”
9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode [still] in Galilee.
9 Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.
10 ¶ But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”
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.
12 There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”
13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
13 Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
14 ¶ Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
14 But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
16 Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
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.
17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God or if I am speaking from myself.
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.
18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
19 Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
19 Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
20 The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
21 Jesus answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it.
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.
22 Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
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?
23 If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
24 Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
25 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?
26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
26 Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
27 However, we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
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.
28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t know.
29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
29 I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”
30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
30 They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
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?
31 But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, he won’t do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?”
32 ¶ The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
32 The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and [then] I go unto him that sent me.
33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come.
34 You will seek me and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”
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?
35 The Jews therefore said among themselves, “Where will this man go that we won’t find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
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?
36 What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?”
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.
37 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
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.)
39 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
40 ¶ Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
40 Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
42 Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
43 So there was a division among the people because of him.
43 So a division arose in the multitude because of him.
44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
44 Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 ¶ Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
45 The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”
46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
46 The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”
47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
47 The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?
48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
48 Have any of the rulers or any of the Pharisees believed in him?
49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
49 But this multitude that doesn’t know the law is cursed.”
50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
50 Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,
51 Doth our law judge [any] man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
51 “Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”
52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
52 They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”
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Nicodemus
A Pharisee and leader of the Jews who came to Jesus at night, later asked the council to hear Jesus before judging him, and brought myrrh and aloes of about seventy-five pounds…
Cited in the guide: John 3:1; John 7:50; John 19:39
Cross references (52)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 John 5:16–18; Matthew 21:38; John 4:3; John 7:19; Matthew 10:23
- 2 Zechariah 14:16–19; Deuteronomy 16:13–16; Leviticus 23:34–43; Exodus 23:16–17; Numbers 29:12–38
- 3 Matthew 12:46; John 7:5; 1 Samuel 17:28; Genesis 37:20; Luke 8:19
- 4 John 18:20; Proverbs 18:1–2; Matthew 23:5; Matthew 6:5; Luke 6:45
- 5 Mark 3:21; John 1:11–13; Micah 7:5–6; John 7:3; John 7:10
- 6 John 7:8; John 2:4; John 7:30; John 17:1; John 13:1
- 7 John 15:18–19; John 3:19; Galatians 4:16; Proverbs 9:7–8; James 4:4
- 8 John 7:6; John 8:20; 1 Corinthians 2:15–16; John 7:30
- 10 Amos 5:13; Matthew 10:16; Isaiah 42:2–3; Matthew 3:15; John 7:5
- 11 John 11:56
- 12 John 9:16; John 7:40–43; Acts 11:24; John 7:47; John 7:32
- 13 John 9:22; John 19:38; John 20:19; John 12:42–43; Proverbs 29:25
- 14 John 7:28; Luke 19:47; Haggai 2:7–9; John 8:2; John 18:20
- 15 Luke 4:22; Matthew 7:28–29; Matthew 13:54; Acts 26:24; Matthew 22:22
- 16 John 14:10; John 14:24; John 5:30; John 6:38–40; John 12:49–50
- 17 John 8:31–32; John 8:43; Jeremiah 31:33–34; John 8:47; Daniel 12:10
- 18 John 5:41; Philippians 2:3–5; 1 Corinthians 10:31–33; John 13:31–32; John 12:28
- 19 John 1:17; John 7:1; John 11:53; Matthew 12:14; Deuteronomy 1:17
- 20 John 10:20; John 8:48; Mark 3:21–22; John 8:52; Mark 3:30
- 21 John 5:2–11; John 7:23
- 22 Leviticus 12:3; Genesis 17:10–14; Romans 4:9–11; Galatians 3:17
- 23 John 5:14–16; Matthew 12:2; Matthew 12:5; John 5:8–9
- 24 Isaiah 11:3–4; James 2:9; Proverbs 17:15; John 8:15; Proverbs 24:23
- 25 John 7:10–11
- 26 2 Timothy 1:7–8; Ephesians 6:19–20; John 7:48; Psalm 40:9–10; John 9:22
- 27 Micah 5:2; John 7:41–42; John 9:29; John 6:42; Matthew 13:54–57
- 28 John 8:42; John 8:19; Jeremiah 9:6; John 12:49; John 5:43
- 29 John 8:55; Matthew 11:27; John 3:16–17; John 6:46; 1 John 4:9
- 30 John 10:39; John 8:20; John 7:6; John 7:32; Luke 13:32–33
- 31 John 12:42; Matthew 12:23; Acts 8:13; John 11:45; John 10:41–42
- 32 Acts 5:26; Matthew 12:23–24; Luke 22:52–53; John 18:3; John 12:19
- 33 John 13:33; John 16:5; Mark 16:19; John 17:11; John 14:19
- 34 John 13:33–36; Proverbs 1:24–31; Hosea 5:6; John 14:3; John 17:24
- 35 James 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1; Zephaniah 3:10; Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 11:10
- 36 John 3:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; John 7:34; John 3:4; John 16:17–18
- 37 Isaiah 55:1; John 4:14; John 6:35; Isaiah 12:3; Revelation 22:17
- 38 John 4:14; Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 58:11; Isaiah 12:3; John 4:10
- 39 Acts 2:17; Joel 2:28; John 14:16–17; Isaiah 32:15; John 16:7
- 40 Matthew 21:11; John 1:21; John 6:14
- 41 John 7:52; John 1:46; John 1:49; John 1:41; John 4:29
- 42 Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:5; Jeremiah 23:5; Luke 2:4; Luke 2:11
- 43 John 9:16; John 10:19; Luke 12:51; John 7:12; Acts 23:7–10
- 44 John 7:30; Acts 23:11; John 8:20; Acts 27:23–25; John 18:5–6
- 45 John 7:32; Acts 5:21–27
- 46 Matthew 7:28–29; Luke 4:22; John 7:26
- 47 John 7:12; 2 Corinthians 6:8; Matthew 27:63; 2 Chronicles 32:15; 2 Kings 18:29
- 48 John 12:42; 1 Corinthians 1:20; John 7:26; 1 Corinthians 2:8; Acts 6:7
- 49 1 Corinthians 1:20–21; 1 Corinthians 3:18–20; James 3:13–18; John 9:34; John 9:40
- 50 John 19:39; John 3:1–2
- 51 Proverbs 18:13; Deuteronomy 1:17; Acts 23:3; Deuteronomy 19:15–19; Deuteronomy 17:8–11
- 52 John 7:41; John 1:46; Isaiah 9:1–2; Matthew 4:15–16; Proverbs 9:7–8
- 53 Psalm 33:10; Job 5:12–13; Psalm 76:5; Psalm 76:10
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
Why does my Bible say something different?
- John 7:53–8:11: the woman taken in adultery
The story of the woman brought to Jesus, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone,” is missing from the earliest Greek manuscripts of John and wanders to other places in some later ones. Yet it was known in the early Church, is printed in the Patriarchal Text, and is read in Orthodox services. Most scholars think it is a genuine early tradition that was not originally part of John.
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
I Purpose by the Lord's assistance to treat of this section of the Gospel which has just been read; nor is there a little difficulty here, lest the truth be endangered, and falsehood glory. Not that either the truth can perish, nor falsehood triumph.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
In this chapter of the Gospel, brethren, our Lord Jesus Christ has most especially commended Himself to our faith in respect of His humanity.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Nothing is worse than envy and malice; through these death entered into the world. For when the devil saw man honored, he endured not his prosperity, but used every means to destroy him. ( Wisd. ii. 24.) And from the same root one may everywhere see this same fruit produced.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
This is also the reason why, when men were often desirous to take Him, it is said, "No man laid hands upon Him, for the hour of His being taken was not yet come;" nor the time of His passion, which had been foreknown by the Father; as also says the prophet Habakkuk, "By this Thou shalt be known when …
For till then "the Holy Ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified." And the prophet cries out, How long will ye be slow of heart?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)