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know where I come from. But I’m not here on
my own. The one who sent me is true, and you
don’t know him. 29But I know him because I
come from him, and he sent me to you.” 30Then
the leaders tried to arrest him; but no one laid
a hand on him, because his time* had not yet
come.
31
Many among the crowds at the Temple
believed in him. “After all,” they said, “would
you expect the Messiah to do more miraculous
signs than this man has done?”
32
When the Pharisees heard that the crowds
were whispering such things, they and the
leading priests sent Temple guards to arrest
Jesus. 33But Jesus told them, “I will be with you
only a little longer. Then I will return to the one
who sent me. 34You will search for me but not
find me. And you cannot go where I am going.”
35
The Jewish leaders were puzzled by this
statement. “Where is he planning to go?” they
asked. “Is he thinking of leaving the country
and going to the Jews in other lands?* Maybe
he will even teach the Greeks! 36What does he
mean when he says, ‘You will search for me but
not find me,’ and ‘You cannot go where I am
going’?”
JESUS PROMISES LIVING WATER 37On the last
day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and
shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty
may come to me! 38Anyone who believes in me
may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his
heart.’”* 39(When he said “living water,” he
was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given
to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had
not yet been given,* because Jesus had not yet
entered into his glory.)
DIVISION AND UNBELIEF 40When the crowds
heard him say this, some of them declared,
“Surely this man is the Prophet we’ve been expecting.”* 41Others said, “He is the Messiah.”
Still others said, “But he can’t be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee? 42For the Scriptures
clearly state that the Messiah will be born of
the royal line of David, in Bethlehem, the village where King David was born.”* 43So the
crowd was divided about him. 44Some even
wanted him arrested, but no one laid a hand
on him.
45
When the Temple guards returned without
7:30 Greek his hour. 7:35 Or the Jews who live among the Greeks?
7:37-38 Or “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38For the
Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from the heart of
anyone who believes in me.’” 7:39 Some manuscripts read But as
yet there was no Spirit. Still others read But as yet there was no Holy
Spirit. 7:40 See Deut 18:15, 18; Mal 4:5-6. 7:42 See Mic 5:2.
7:52 Some manuscripts read the prophet does not come.
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having arrested Jesus, the leading priests and
Pharisees demanded, “Why didn’t you bring
him in?”
46
“We have never heard anyone speak like
this!” the guards responded.
47
“Have you been led astray, too?” the Pharisees mocked. 48“Is there a single one of us
rulers or Pharisees who believes in him? 49This
foolish crowd follows him, but they are ignorant
of the law. God’s curse is on them!”
50
Then Nicodemus, the leader who had met
with Jesus earlier, spoke up. 51“Is it legal to
convict a man before he is given a hearing?”
he asked.
52
They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too?
Search the Scriptures and see for yourself—no
prophet ever comes* from Galilee!”
[The most ancient Greek manuscripts
do not include John 7:53–8:11.]
53
Then the meeting broke up, and everybody
went home.
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A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY Jesus
returned to the Mount of Olives, 2but early
the next morning he was back again at the
Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat
down and taught them. 3As he was speaking,
the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught
in the act of adultery. They put her in front of
the crowd.
4
“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman
was caught in the act of adultery. 5The law of
Moses says to stone her. What do you say?”
6
They were trying to trap him into saying
something they could use against him, but
Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with
his finger. 7They kept demanding an answer, so
he stood up again and said, “All right, but let
the one who has never sinned throw the first
stone!” 8Then he stooped down again and
wrote in the dust.
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When the accusers heard this, they slipped
DON’T JUMP!
(7:37-43) The crowd of people was divided in its reaction
to Jesus. Some believed. Others were hostile. Still others
disqualified Jesus as the Messiah because he was from
Nazareth rather than Bethlehem as prophesied in Micah
5:2. ( Jesus was born in Bethlehem; see Luke 2:1-7.) If they
had looked more carefully or searched the Scriptures,
they wouldn’t have jumped to the wrong conclusions.
What conclusions have you come to about Jesus? Are you
willing to keep searching for answers if you’re not sure
what to believe?
