1 και περιεπατει ο ιησους μετα ταυτα εν τη γαλιλαια· ου γαρ ηθελεν εν τη ιουδαια περιπατειν, οτι εζητουν αυτον οι ιουδαιοι αποκτειναι. 2 ην δε εγγυς η εορτη των ιουδαιων η σκηνοπηγια. 3 ειπον ουν προς αυτον οι αδελφοι αυτου· μεταβηθι εντευθεν και υπαγε εις την ιουδαιαν, ινα και οι μαθηται σου θεωρησωσιν τα εργα σου α ποιεις· 4 ουδεις γαρ εν κρυπτω τι ποιει και ζητει αυτος εν παρρησια ειναι. ει ταυτα ποιεις, φανερωσον σεαυτον τω κοσμω. 5 ουδε γαρ οι αδελφοι αυτου επιστευον εις αυτον. 6 λεγει ουν αυτοις ο ιησους· ο καιρος ο εμος ουπω παρεστιν, ο δε καιρος ο υμετερος παντοτε εστιν ετοιμος. 7 ου δυναται ο κοσμος μισειν υμας· εμε δε μισει, οτι εγω μαρτυρω περι αυτου οτι τα εργα αυτου πονηρα εστιν. 8 υμεις αναβητε εις την εορτην ταυτην· εγω ουπω αναβαινω εις την εορτην ταυτην, οτι ο καιρος ο εμος ουπω πεπληρωται. 9 ταυτα δε ειπων αυτοις εμεινεν εν τη γαλιλαια. 10 ως δε ανεβησαν οι αδελφοι αυτου, τοτε και αυτος ανεβη εις την εορτην, ου φανερως, αλλ ως εν κρυπτω. 11 οι ουν ιουδαιοι εζητουν αυτον εν τη εορτη και ελεγον· που εστιν εκεινος; 12 και γογγυσμος πολυς περι αυτου ην εν τοις οχλοις. οι μεν ελεγον οτι αγαθος εστιν· αλλοι ελεγον, ου, αλλα πλανα τον οχλον. 13 ουδεις μεντοι παρρησια ελαλει περι αυτου δια τον φοβον των ιουδαιων. 14 ηδη δε της εορτης μεσουσης ανεβη ο ιησους εις το ιερον και εδιδασκεν. 15 και εθαυμαζον οι ιουδαιοι λεγοντες· πως ουτος γραμματα οιδεν μη μεμαθηκως; 16 απεκριθη ουν αυτοις ο ιησους και ειπεν· η εμη διδαχη ουκ εστιν εμη, αλλα του πεμψαντος με· 17 εαν τις θελη το θελημα αυτου ποιειν, γνωσεται περι της διδαχης, ποτερον εκ του θεου εστιν η εγω απ εμαυτου λαλω. 18 ο αφ εαυτου λαλων την δοξαν την ιδιαν ζητει, ο δε ζητων την δοξαν του πεμψαντος αυτον, ουτος αληθης εστιν, και αδικια εν αυτω ουκ εστιν. 19 ου μωυσης δεδωκεν υμιν τον νομον; και ουδεις εξ υμων ποιει τον νομον. τι με ζητειτε αποκτειναι; 20 απεκριθη ο οχλος και ειπεν· δαιμονιον εχεις· τις σε ζητει αποκτειναι; 21 απεκριθη ιησους και ειπεν αυτοις· εν εργον εποιησα, και παντες θαυμαζετε 22 δια τουτο. μωυσης δεδωκεν υμιν την περιτομην, ουχ οτι εκ του μωυσεως εστιν, αλλ εκ των πατερων, και εν σαββατω περιτεμνετε ανθρωπον. 23 ει περιτομην λαμβανει ανθρωπος εν σαββατω ινα μη λυθη ο νομος μωυσεως, εμοι χολατε οτι ολον ανθρωπον υγιη εποιησα εν σαββατω! 24 μη κρινετε κατ οψιν, αλλα την δικαιαν κρισιν κρινατε. 25 ελεγον ουν τινες εκ των ιεροσολυμιτων· ουχ ουτος εστιν ον ζητουσιν αποκτειναι; 26 και ιδε παρρησια λαλει, και ουδεν αυτω λεγουσιν. μηποτε αληθως εγνωσαν οι αρχοντες οτι ουτος εστιν αληθως ο χριστος; 27 αλλα τουτον οιδαμεν ποθεν εστιν· ο δε χριστος οταν ερχηται, ουδεις γινωσκει ποθεν εστιν. 28 εκραξεν ουν εν τω ιερω διδασκων ο ιησους και λεγων· καμε οιδατε, και οιδατε ποθεν ειμι· και απ εμαυτου ουκ εληλυθα, αλλ εστιν αληθινος ο πεμψας με, ον υμεις ουκ οιδατε· 29 εγω οιδα αυτον, οτι παρ αυτου ειμι κακεινος με απεστειλεν. 30 εζητουν ουν αυτον πιασαι, και ουδεις επεβαλεν επ αυτον την χειρα, οτι ουπω εληλυθει η ωρα αυτου. 31 πολλοι δε εκ του οχλου επιστευσαν εις αυτον και ελεγον οτι ο χριστος οταν ελθη, μητι πλειονα σημεια τουτων ποιησει ων ουτος εποιησεν; 32 ηκουσαν οι φαρισαιοι του οχλου γογγυζοντος περι αυτου ταυτα, και απεστειλαν υπηρετας οι φαρισαιοι και οι αρχιερεις ινα πιασωσιν αυτον. 33 ειπεν ουν ο ιησους· ετι μικρον χρονον μεθ υμων ειμι και υπαγω προς τον πεμψαντα με. 34 ζητησετε με και ουχ ευρησετε· και οπου ειμι εγω, υμεις ου δυνασθε ελθειν. 35 ειπον ουν οι ιουδαιοι προς εαυτους· που ουτος μελλει πορευεσθαι, οτι ημεις ουχ ευρησομεν αυτον; μη εις την διασποραν των ελληνων μελλει πορευεσθαι και διδασκειν τους ελληνας; 36 τις εστιν ουτος ο λογος ον ειπεν, ζητησετε με και ουχ ευρησετε, και οπου ειμι εγω, υμεις ου δυνασθε ελθειν; 37 εν δε τη εσχατη ημερα τη μεγαλη της εορτης ειστηκει ο ιησους και εκραξεν λεγων· εαν τις διψα, ερχεσθω προς με και πινετω. 38 ο πιστευων εις εμε, καθως ειπεν η γραφη, ποταμοι εκ της κοιλιας αυτου ρευσουσιν υδατος ζωντος. 39 τουτο δε ειπεν περι του πνευματος ου εμελλον λαμβανειν οι πιστευοντες εις αυτον· ουπω γαρ ην πνευμα αγιον, οτι ιησους ουδεπω εδοξασθη. 40 πολλοι ουν εκ του οχλου ακουσαντες τον λογον ελεγον· ουτος εστιν αληθως ο προφητης· 41 αλλοι ελεγον· ουτος εστιν ο χριστος· αλλοι ελεγον· μη γαρ εκ της γαλιλαιας ο χριστος ερχεται; 42 ουχι η γραφη ειπεν οτι εκ του σπερματος δαυιδ και απο βηθλεεμ της κωμης, οπου ην δαυιδ, ο χριστος ερχεται; 43 σχισμα ουν εν τω οχλω εγενετο δι αυτον. 44 τινες δε ηθελον εξ αυτων πιασαι αυτον, αλλ ουδεις επεβαλεν επ αυτον τας χειρας. 45 ηλθον ουν οι υπηρεται προς τους αρχιερεις και φαρισαιους, και ειπον αυτοις εκεινοι· διατι ουκ ηγαγετε αυτον; 46 απεκριθησαν οι υπηρεται· ουδεποτε ουτως ελαλησεν ανθρωπος, ως ουτος ο ανθρωπος. 47 απεκριθησαν ουν αυτοις οι φαρισαιοι· μη και υμεις πεπλανησθε; 48 μη τις εκ των αρχοντων επιστευσεν εις αυτον η εκ των φαρισαιων; 49 αλλ ο οχλος ουτος ο μη γινωσκων τον νομον επικαταρατοι εισιν! 50 λεγει νικοδημος προς αυτους, ο ελθων νυκτος προς αυτον, εις ων εξ αυτων· 51 μη ο νομος ημων κρινει τον ανθρωπον, εαν μη ακουση παρ αυτου προτερον και γνω τι ποιει; 52 απεκριθησαν και ειπον αυτω· μη και συ εκ της γαλιλαιας ει; ερευνησον και ιδε οτι προφητης εκ της γαλιλαιας ουκ εγηγερται. 53◆ <<και απηλθεν εκαστος εις τον οικον αυτου.
John · Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Double square brackets [[ ]] are marks in the digital source; at 1 John 5:7–8 they enclose the words the 1904 edition prints in smaller type.
- The digital source has no accents or capitals (as Robinson distributes it); 1912 base text, movable nu regularised.
- Credit: Maurice A. Robinson & Jussi Ala-Konni (byztxt).
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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
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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)