John 7
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
1After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
2Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
2However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
3And his brethren said to him: Pass from hence, and go into Judea; that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou dost.
3So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.
4For there is no man that doth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, manifest thyself to the world.
4For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”
5For neither did his brethren believe in him.
5For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.
6Then Jesus said to them: My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.
6Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth: because I give testimony of it, that the works thereof are evil.
7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
8Go you up to this festival day, but I go not up to this festival day: because my time is not accomplished.
8Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
9When he had said these things, he himself stayed in Galilee.
9Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee.
10But after his brethren were gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but, as it were, in secret.
10But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
11The Jews therefore sought him on the festival day, and said: Where is he?
11So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
12And there was much murmuring among the multitude concerning him. For some said: He is a good man. And others said: No, but he seduceth the people.
12Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
13Yet no man spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.
13Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
14Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
14About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
15And the Jews wondered, saying: How doth this man know letters, having never learned?
15The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
16Jesus answered them, and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
16“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
17If any man do the will of him; he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
18He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there is no injustice in him.
18He 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.
19Did Moses not give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?
19Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
20Why seek you to kill me? The multitude answered, and said: Thou hast a devil; who seeketh to kill thee?
20“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
21Jesus answered, and said to them: One work I have done; and you all wonder:
21Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.
22Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man.
22But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
23If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are you angry at me because I have healed the whole man on the sabbath day?
23If a boy 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?
24Judge not according to the appearance, but judge just judgment.
24Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
25Some therefore of Jerusalem said: Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
25Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
26And behold, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers known for a truth, that this is the Christ?
26Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
27But we know this man, whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
27But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”
28Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching, and saying: You both know me, and you know whence I am: and I am not come of myself; but he that sent me, is true, whom you know not.
28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
29I know him, because I am from him, and he hath sent me.
29but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”
30They sought therefore to apprehend him: and no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
30So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
31But of the people many believed in him, and said: When the Christ cometh, shall he do more miracles, than these which this man doth?
31Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
32The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning him: and the rulers and Pharisees sent ministers to apprehend him.
32When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
33Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while I am with you: and then I go to him that sent me.
33So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.
34You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither you cannot come.
34You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
35The Jews therefore said among themselves: Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
35At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
36What is this saying that he hath said: You shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, you cannot come?
36What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
37And on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any man thirst, let him come to me, and drink.
37On 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.
38He that believeth in me, as the scripture saith, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
38Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
39Now this he said of the Spirit which they should receive, who believed in him: for as yet the Spirit was not given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
39He 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.
40Of that multitude therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said: This is the prophet indeed.
40On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
41Others said: This is the Christ. But some said: Doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
41Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
42Doth not the scripture say: That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem the town where David was?
42Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
43So there arose a dissension among the people because of him.
43So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.
44And some of them would have apprehended him: but no man laid hands on him.
44Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
45The ministers therefore came to the chief priests and the Pharisees. And they said to them: Why have you not brought him?
45Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
46The ministers answered: Never did man speak like this man.
46“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
47The Pharisees therefore answered them: Are you also seduced?
47“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
48Hath any one of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
48“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
49But this multitude, that knoweth not the law, are accursed.
49But this crowd that does not know the law, they are under a curse.”
50Nicodemus said to them, (he that came to him by night, who was one of them:)
50Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
51Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear him, and know what he doth?
51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
52They answered, and said to him: Art thou also a Galilean? Search the scriptures, and see, that out of Galilee a prophet riseth not.
52“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
53And every man returned to his own house.
53Then each went to his own home.
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