- After this , - Jesus traveled throughout - Galilee. - vvv He did not want to travel in - Jude -a , because the Jews (there) were trying to kill Him.
However , the vvv Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
So (Jesus’) - brothers said to Him , “ Leave here and go to - Jude -a , so that Your - disciples (there) may see (the) - works - You are doing.
For no one (who) wants to be (known) vvv publicly Acts - ... in secret. - Since You are doing these things , show Yourself to the world. ”
For (even) His (own) brothers did {not} believe in Him.
Therefore - Jesus told them , “ Although - your - time is always at hand , - My - time {has} not yet come.
The world vvv cannot hate you , but it hates Me , because I testify ... ... that its - works are evil.
Go up to the feast on your own. I {am} not going up to this - feast , because My - time {has} not yet come. ”
- Having said (this) - , (Jesus) remained in - Galilee.
But (after) His - brothers had gone up to the feast , - He also went — not publicly , but - in secret.
So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking , “ Where is He ? ”
- Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. - Some said , - “ He is a good (man). ” But others replied , “ No ... , He deceives the people. ”
Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for - fear of the Jews.
vvv vvv About halfway through the feast , Jesus went up to the temple (courts) and began to teach.
- The Jews were amazed (and) asked , “ How {did} this (man) attain (such) learning without having studied ? ”
“ My - teaching is not My own , ” - - Jesus replied ... ... .... “ (It comes) from Him who sent Me.
If anyone desires to do His - will , he will know ... whether (My) teaching is from - God or (whether) I speak on My own.
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.
{Has} not Moses given you the law ? Yet not one of you keeps vvv (it). Why are you trying to kill Me ? ”
“ You have a demon , ” the crowd replied. “ Who is trying to kill You ? ”
Jesus answered ... ... them , “ I did one miracle , and vvv you are all amazed.
(But) because ... Moses gave you - circumcision , - you circumcise a boy on (the) Sabbath (not that it is from - Moses , but from the patriarchs.)
If a boy vvv 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 ?
Stop judging by outward appearances , (and start) judging - justly .... ”
Then some of the (people) of Jerusalem began to say , “ Isn’t ... this (the man) they are trying to kill ?
Yet here He is, speaking publicly , and they are not saying ... (anything) to Him. - {Have} the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ ?
But we know where this (man) is {from}. - When the Christ comes , no one will know where He is {from}. ”
Then - Jesus , still teaching in the temple (courts) , cried out ... ... , “ You know Me , and you know where I am {from}. - vvv I have not come of My own accord , but He who sent Me is true. You {do} not know Him ,
but I know Him , because I am from Him and He sent Me. ”
So they tried to seize Him , but no one laid - a hand on Him , because His - hour {had} not yet come.
Many in the crowd , however , believed in Him and said , “ When the Christ comes , vvv will He perform more signs than this (man) - ? ”
(When) the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about (Jesus) , - - (they) and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
So - Jesus said , “ I am with you only a little while longer , and then I am going to the (One who) sent Me.
You will look for Me , (but) vvv you will not find Me ; and where I am , you vvv cannot come. ”
At this , the Jews said to one another , “ Where {does} He intend to go that we vvv will not find Him vvv ? Will He go where the (Jews) are dispersed among the Greeks , and teach the Greeks ?
What vvv vvv vvv does He mean by saying , ‘ You will look for Me , (but) vvv you will not find Me , ’ and , ‘ Where I am , you vvv cannot come ’ ?”
- 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.
Whoever believes in Me , as the Scripture has said : ‘ Streams of living water will flow from - (within) him. ’”
- vvv 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.
- On hearing these - words , (some) of the people said , “ This is truly the Prophet. ”
Others declared , “ This is the Christ. ” But still others asked , vvv “ (How can) the Christ come from - Galilee ?
Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem , the village where David lived ? ”
So there was division in the crowd because of (Jesus).
- Some of them wanted to seize Him , but no one laid - a hand on Him.
Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees , - (who) asked them , “ Why ... vvv didn’t you bring Him {in} ? ”
“ Never {has} anyone spoken - like this - man - ! ” the officers answered.
“ {Have} you vvv also been deceived ? ” - replied the Pharisees -.
“ {Have} any of the rulers or - - Pharisees believed in Him ?
But this - crowd that vvv does not know the law , they are under a curse. ”
Nicodemus , who had gone to (Jesus) - earlier (and who himself) was one of them , asked - - ,
“ {Does} our - law vvv convict - a man vvv without first hearing from him - to determine what he has done ? ”
“ Aren’t ... you also from - Galilee ? ” they replied ... ... .... “ Look into it , and you will see that no prophet comes out of - Galilee.”