John 7 And after these things, Jesus continued walking about within the Galilee area, for He was not intending (willing; purposing) to be walking around within Judea, because the Jews (or: the Judeans; or: = authorities of the Jewish religion) had been trying to find Him (seeking Him; searching for Him), to kill Him off.

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And after these things, Jesus continued walking about within the Galilee [area], for He was not intending (willing; purposing) to be walking around within Judea, because the Jews (or: the Judeans; or: = authorities of the Jewish religion) had been trying to find Him (seeking Him; searching for Him), to kill Him off. ² Now [the season for] the Jew’s feast of Tabernacles (the festival of Trumpets, the day of Atonement, and the erecting Booths, or pitching tents, which pertained to the culture and religion of the Jews) was drawing near. ³ Therefore His brothers said to Him, "Change your steps from this place, and go away into Judea, so that your disciples will [other MSS: can; might] watch and thoughtfully observe your work which you are habitually doing, ⁴ "for no one is in the habit of doing anything within a hidden place (in hiding; under concealment) and at the same time seeking for himself to be in public openness. If (or: Since) you continue doing these things, show yourself in clear light to the world (cause yourself to be seen by the system [= the religious, cultural and political organizations of the area])." ⁵ – you see, not even were His brothers putting their trust into Him, and were still unbelieving – ⁶ Therefore, Jesus is presently saying to them, "My season (My fitting situation; My kairos; My appointed occasion; My fertile moment) is not yet existing at My side (is not yet present or here), yet your season (the fitting situation belonging to you folks) is always prepared and ready. ⁷ "The world (The System; The organization; = the controlling religious, cultural and political society) is not presently able to be habitually hating you (to continuously regard you with ill-will), yet it is constantly hating Me, because I Myself am habitually giving testimony about it (or: continuously bearing witness and showing evidence concerning it) that its works are continuously unwholesome (laborious and such that put others to trouble; apt to shrewd turns; mischievous; wicked; unsound; malignant; gushed with misery). ⁸ "You men walk on up into the feast (or: festival). I Myself am not yet walking up into the midst of (= to be a focal point of) this feast (or: festival), because My season (or: fitting situation; fertile moment) has not yet been fulfilled (made full; filled up)." ⁹ Now, after saying these things to them, He remained within the Galilee [area]. ¹⁰ Yet, after (seeing as) His brothers walked up into the feast (or: festival), then later He Himself walked up, not as in clear light (or: as clearly visible), but rather, as within a hidden situation. ¹¹ Then, the Jews (= religious authorities) began persistently looking for Him within the festival, and they kept on saying, "Where is that man?!" ¹² And there continued being a lot of subdued talk and perplexed buzzing (murmuring) about Him within the crowds. Some, on the one hand, kept on saying that "He is a good man (a virtuous one)." On the other hand, others were saying "No, to the contrary, he continues misleading (deceiving; leading astray) the crowd." ¹³ Of course no one was in public openness (or: with the boldness of a citizen) speaking about Him, because of the fear [which they had] of the Jews [i.e., the religious Jewish leaders]. ¹⁴ Now with it already being in the middle of the festival (or: = half way through the feast), Jesus walked up into the Temple grounds (or: courts; porches; sanctuary area) and began teaching. ¹⁵ The Jews (= religious professionals) were therefore surprised and kept on being amazed (or: astonished), saying, "How has this one seen, and thus known [the] writings, not being one having learned [i.e., having studied at the schools]?" ¹⁶ Jesus therefore replied distinctly to them, and says, "My teaching is not My own, but rather belongs to and comes from the One sending Me. ¹⁷ "Should anyone be habitually wanting or intending to continuously be doing His will (intent; purpose), he will progressively come to know by intimate experience concerning the teaching – whether it is and continues being from out of the midst of God (or: from that which is God), or whether I am continuously babbling on, just uttering sounds or randomly talking from Myself. ¹⁸ "The one continuously speaking or randomly talking from himself is normally seeking his own reputation (or: glory); yet the One constantly seeking the reputation (or: glory) of the One sending Him, this One is true (continues being genuine and real), and dishonesty (injustice; that which is contrary to fairness, equity and rightwised relationships in the Way pointed out) does not exist within Him. ¹⁹ "Did not Moses give the Law [= Torah] to you folks? And yet not one from among you folks is habitually doing (or: performing) the Law! Why are you constantly seeking to kill Me?" ²⁰ The crowd considered and replied, "You’re demon-possessed (or: You possess a demon; You constantly hold a demon; You presently have a demon [note: a Hellenistic concept and term: = animistic influence])! Who is constantly seeking to kill you?" ²¹ Jesus decidedly answered, and said to them, "I did one work (or: I do one act) and you all continue being amazed (are shocked and continue wondering and marveling) because of this. ²² "Moses has given the circumcision to you – not that its source is from out of Moses, but rather from out of the fathers (= ancestors) – and yet, within (or: on) a sabbath you folks habitually circumcise a man. ²³ "If habitually a person (a human; a man) is getting circumcision within (or: on) a sabbath so that the Law of Moses may not be loosened so as to fall apart (be untied or undone; be destroyed; = be broken), are you constantly bitterly angry and progressively enraged (literally: filled with bile) with Me because I make (or: made) a whole man sound in health within (or: on) a sabbath? ²⁴ "Do not be constantly judging (or: Stop making decisions or evaluations) according to sight (= external appearance), but rather be habitually making just decisions (or: be judging with fair evaluating which accord with the Way pointed out; form rightwised conclusions)." ²⁵ Then some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, "Is not this one he whom they (= the group of leaders) are presently seeking to kill? ²⁶ "And look! He continues speaking in public openness (boldly as though being a citizen) – and they continue saying nothing to him. The chief rulers (or: "the authorities") have not at some point come to really know personally that this one is the Christ (the Anointed One; = the Messiah), have they? ²⁷ "On the contrary, we have seen, and thus, we know this one – what place and source he is from. Yet whenever the Christ (the Anointed One; = the Messiah) should proceed in coming, no one is getting to know what place or source he is from." ²⁸ Therefore Jesus cries out (or: spoke in a loud voice), as He is proceeding with teaching within the Temple grounds (court yards; porches), and continuing, says, “You have both seen and know Me, and you have seen and know where I am from (or: what is my source). And yet, I have not come from Myself (= on My own initiative or authority). On the contrary, the One sending Me is Real (True; Genuine), Whom you folks have not seen, neither know. ²⁹ "I Myself have seen and know Him, because I am from His side (or: I continuously exist being at His side and in His presence) – and that One sent (or: that One also sends) Me forth as an Emissary with a mission (as a Representative)." ³⁰ Then they began seeking to catch hold of and arrest (or: seize) Him – but still no one laid a hand upon Him, because His hour had not yet come. ³¹ Now many, from out of the crowd, came to believe and so put [their] trust into Him, and so they began and continued saying, "Whenever the Christ may come, He will proceed doing (performing; making) no more signs than this Man does (or: did)!" ³² So the Pharisees heard the crowd buzzing with these low-toned conversations about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees commissioned and dispatched officers (deputies; those who act under orders) to the end that they might catch hold of and arrest (or: seize) Him. ³³ Then Jesus says, "I am still with you folks for a little time, and then I am withdrawing to bring things, under control, toward the One sending Me. ³⁴ "You people will seek to find Me, but you will not continue coming across, discovering or finding Me – and where I, Myself, am (or: in what place I Myself continue being), you folks have no power (are not able) to come." ³⁵ Therefore, the Jews (= religious authorities) said to themselves (= toward each other), "Where is this fellow about to proceed journeying, that we will not be finding him? He is not about to be traveling into the Dispersion, among the Greeks (= either: the Greek-speaking Jews; or: = all those having been absorbed into the Greek culture and civilization), and to be teaching the Greeks, is he? ³⁶ "What is this word (discourse; saying; communication; expression) which he said, 'You people will continue seeking to find me, but you will not proceed to come across, discover or find me – and where I, myself, am (or: in what place I continue being), you folks have no power (are not able) to come'?" ³⁷ Now within the last day – the great one – of the feast (or: festival), Jesus, after having taken a stand, stood and then suddenly cries out, saying, "If ever anyone may continue being thirsty, let Him be habitually coming toward (or: to; face to face with) Me and let him be constantly (habitually; repeatedly) drinking! [cf Isa. 12:3; 55:1] ³⁸ "The person continuously trusting and progressively believing into Me, just as the Scripture says, 'Rivers (or: Floods; Torrents) of living water will continuously flow (or: gush; flood) from out of the midst of his cavity (his innermost being or part; the hollow of his belly; [used of the womb]).'" [cf Isa. 58:11; Ezk. 47:1; Joel 3:18; Zech. 13:1; 14:8] ³⁹ Now this He said about (or: with regard to) the Breath-effect (or: Spirit; Attitude; [other MSS: Holy, or set-apart Spirit; Sacred Wind]) of which (of Whom as a source; [other MSS simple read: which]) they – those trusting and believing into Him – were about to be continuously and progressively receiving. You see, the Holy Spirit (set-apart Breath-effect; Sacred Wind and Attitude) was not yet being One having been given [note: reading with B; with p66c, p75, Aleph, and others: for you see, there was not yet Spirit in existence; D* and three others: for there was not yet a Holy Spirit upon them; Textus Receptus: You see, [the] Holy Spirit was not yet being or existing], because Jesus was not yet glorified (made full of glory or endowed with glory; made to be a manifestation which calls forth praise). ⁴⁰ Then from out of the midst of the crowd, [p66 and others read: many] after hearing these words, they began saying, "This one is certainly (really; truly) The Prophet!" ⁴¹ Others began saying, "This one is the Christ [= Messiah]!" Yet they [other MSS: But others] continued saying, "Surely the Christ (the Anointed One) does not normally come (or: is not presently coming) from out of the Galilee [area]! ⁴² "Does not the Scripture say that the Christ (the Anointed One; = Messiah) is proceeding in (or: normally) coming from out of the seed of David [2 Sam. 7:12], and from Bethlehem [Micah 5:2], the village where David was?" ⁴³ Therefore a split-effect (a tearing division) occurred (came into being; developed) within the crowd, because of Him. ⁴⁴ So some of them were wanting (intending; willing) to catch hold of and arrest Him, but yet no one laid hands on Him. ⁴⁵ Therefore the subordinate officials (officers; deputies; those who act under orders) went to the chief (or: ranking) priests and Pharisees, and so those fellows said to them, "Why (Through what situation) did you not bring him (or: Wherefore do you not lead him [here])?" ⁴⁶ Then the subordinate officials, after consideration, replied, "Never (Not even once) did a human (a person; a man) speak thus (like this; in this way)!" ⁴⁷ The Pharisees then pointedly questioned them, "Have not you men also been led astray (or: been deceived)? ⁴⁸ "Not anyone from out of the rulers (chiefs; leaders) or from out of the Pharisees put trust, confidence or belief into him, do they? ⁴⁹ "But this crowd, which is having no habitual, experiential or intimate knowledge of the Law, continues being those under a curse (are those upon whom a curse rests)." [comment: they said this because they viewed the "crowd" as people who did not keep the Law] ⁵⁰ Nicodemus, the one previously going to Him – being one of them (or: = a part of their group), proceeds saying to them, ⁵¹ "Our Law (or: custom) is not in the habit of judging (or: No law of ours is proceeding to decide about) the person (man; human) unless it can (or: except it should) first hear from his side and can (or: should; may; would) know with intimate experiential knowledge what he is habitually doing (repeatedly or presently practicing)!" ⁵² They thoughtfully replied, and say to him, "You are not also from out of the Galilee [area], are you? Search (or: Examine) and see, that a prophet is not usually awakened (not normally raised up) from out of the midst of the Galilee [district]!" ⁵³ And they went on their way, each one into his house (= they all went home).