After this, Jesus walked [from place to place] in Galilee, for He would not walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.
Now the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) was approaching.
So His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples [there] may also see the works that You do.
No one does anything in secret when he wants to be known publicly. If You [must] do these things, show Yourself openly to the world and make Yourself known!”
For not even His brothers believed in Him.
So Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come; but any time is right for you.
The world cannot hate you [since you are part of it], but it does hate Me because I denounce it and testify that its deeds are evil.
Go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because My time has not yet fully come.”
Having said these things to them, He stayed behind in Galilee.
But [afterward], when His brothers had gone up to the feast, He went up too, not publicly [with a caravan], but quietly [because He did not want to be noticed].
So the Jews kept looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
There was a lot of whispered discussion and murmuring among the crowds about Him. Some were saying, “He is a good man”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He misleads the people [giving them false ideas].”
Yet no one was speaking out openly and freely about Him for fear of [the leaders of] the Jews.
When the feast was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple [court] and began to teach.
Then the Jews were perplexed. They said, “How did this man become learned [so versed in the Scriptures and theology] without formal training?”
Jesus answered them by saying, “My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.
If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know whether the teaching is of God or whether I speak on My own accord and by My own authority.
He who speaks on his own accord seeks glory and honor for himself. But He who seeks the glory and the honor of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness or deception in Him.
“Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not one of you keeps the Law. Why do you want to kill Me [for not keeping it]?”
The crowd answered, “You have a demon [You are out of Your mind]! Who wants to kill You?”
Jesus replied, “I did one work, and you are all astounded.
For this reason Moses has given you [God’s law regarding] circumcision (not that it originated with Moses, but with the patriarchs) and you circumcise a man [even] on the Sabbath.
If, to avoid breaking the Law of Moses, a man undergoes circumcision on the Sabbath, why are you angry with Me for making a man’s whole body well on the Sabbath?
Do not judge by appearance [superficially and arrogantly], but judge fairly and righteously.”
Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, “Is this not the Man they want to kill?
Look, He is speaking publicly, and they say nothing to Him! Is it possible that the rulers really know that this is the Christ?
But we know where this Man is from; whenever the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”
Then Jesus called out as He taught in the temple, “You know Me and know where I am from; and I have not come on my own initiative [as self-appointed], but He who sent Me is true, and Him you do not know.
I know Him Myself because I am from Him [I came from His very presence] and it was He [personally] who sent Me.”
So they were eager to arrest Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His time had not yet come.
But many from the crowd believed in Him. And they kept saying, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs and exhibit more proofs than this Man?”
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things [under their breath] about Him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent guards to arrest Him.
Therefore Jesus said, “For a little while longer I am [still] with you, and then I go to Him who sent Me.
You will look for Me, and will not [be able to] find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does this Man intend to go that we will not find Him? Does He intend to go to the Dispersion [of Jews scattered and living] among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
What does this statement of His mean, ‘You will look for Me, and will not [be able to] find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”
Now on the last and most important day of the feast, Jesus stood and called out [in a loud voice], “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink!
He who believes in Me [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Me], as the Scripture has said, ‘From his innermost being will flow continually rivers of living water.’”
But He was speaking of the [Holy] Spirit, whom those who believed in Him [as Savior] were to receive afterward. The Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (raised to honor).
Listening to these words, some of the people said, “This is certainly the Prophet!”
Others said, “This is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed)!” But others said, “Surely the Christ is not going to come out of Galilee, is He?
Does the Scripture not say that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
So the crowd was divided because of Him.
Some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
Then the guards went [back] to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why did you not bring Him [here with you]?”
The guards replied, “Never [at any time] has a man talked the way this Man talks!”
Then the Pharisees said to them, “Have you also been deluded and swept off your feet?
Has any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
But this [ignorant, contemptible] crowd that does not know the Law is accursed and doomed!”
Nicodemus (the one who came to Jesus before and was one of them) asked,
“Does our Law convict someone without first giving him a hearing and finding out what he is [accused of] doing?”
They responded, “Are you also from Galilee? Search [and read the Scriptures], and see [for yourself] that no prophet comes from Galilee!”
[And everyone went to his own house.
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My lessons are drawn from vv 12 -16:
Despite the great thing and freedom Christ preached to the people, everyone never came to a consensus of this. Yet, this did not deter Christ from teaching. He heard their arguments , yet was not upset , neither proud. He was conscious of God's will which brought Him to earth. In the same vein, we all have to be conscious of our purpose on earth. Everyone may not welcome or accept us. This should not be a reason to give-up. We should see our assignment beyond the control of mere men. God is the rewarder and He will keep equipping you as He did to Christ to the marvel of all around you.
God bless the reading of His word - Amen.
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Amen
The wisdom of a person lies in letting himself be led by God. Ask God to be the one who puts words in his mouth when speaking, in this way, the words will be wise and will not be guided by emotionalism.
Several events occur in this chapter, between mistakes and opinions of doubt, however I will highlight the promise of the Holy Spirit, the work that he would do in each one of us.
John interprets the words of Jesus as a reference to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that was yet to occur, the Holy Spirit exists from all eternity, but had not yet become present in the sense indicated by those words, soon the fullness of the Holy Spirit it would be a blessing that all the people of God could experience
Today, then, it is a reality in all the believers who have received Jesus, as the savior of their hearts, and the Holy Spirit has come to seal us with his presence.
This particular chapter speaks a lot about Jesus christ. How many will not believe him due to their trust on history and human methodology. Your canal ability to judge will deprive you of not having an encounter with him. Expect your righteousness supercedes that of the phariseees and saducees , you might not see him no matter how close he may be. JESUS IS HERE.
SHALOM!
The world is hostile towards Christ. It is because our Lord Jesus Christ is the Light of the world and that light is brilliant. That Light reveals all that is bad; reveals sin and condemns it.
Jesus is the inexhaustible source of living water. He will quench the thirst of all those who decide to take from that unique water that only He can offer, with that water we will never be dry, but we will be green in the Lord.
My lessons are drawn from Vs 30: So they were eager to arrest him but no one
Laid hand on him because his time has not yet come,that is to say
No Matter the situation,you find yourself is it sickness or whatever it can not take your life, if it's not yet time for you to die.
Also if you were expecting a miracle or anything at all and you don't have it when you expected don't just worry it will come at the set time.
This verse confirms what the Bible says in Ecclesiastes 3 that says that there's time for everything on earth.
May God help us.
Thanks for sharing @reliquary
Thanks Steemit church for daily scriptures, This scripture reflects me, I happen to spot persons who personally hates me, some out rightly exhibits bitterness at any good thing they see around me, like Jesus I chose to live unnoticed when I spot them knowing their bitterness and such hate they live within but this has brought so much confusion of who I am, I will dwell on this scripture for days cos I want to be taught of the Lord how to handle present situation. I welcome advice and contribution.
So marvelous were the sheriffs who could not with Jesus, how great would be the greatness of the son of God among men, that only to hear him was to be blessed by his voice.
What a test verse this John 7:24:
Thanks @Reliquary