John 7:14–36

¹⁴When the festival was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple complex ^land began to teach. ¹⁵Then the Jews were amazed and said, “How does He know the Scriptures, ^msince He hasn’t been trained?”

¹⁶Jesus answered them, “My teaching isn’t Mine but is from the One who sent Me. ⁿ¹⁷If anyone wants to do His will, ^ohe will understand whether the teaching is from God or if I am speaking on My own. ¹⁸The one who speaks for himself seeks his own glory. ^pBut He who seeks the glory ^qof the One who sent Him is true, ^rand there is no unrighteousness in Him. ^s19Didn’t Moses ^tgive you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law! ^uWhy do you want to kill Me?”

²⁰“You have a demon!” the crowd responded. “Who wants to kill You?”

²¹“I did one work, ^vand you are all amazed,” Jesus answered. ²²“Consider this: Moses has given you circumcision ^w—not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers ^x—and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. ^y23If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath ^zso that the law of Moses ^awon’t be broken, are you angry at Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath? ²⁴Stop judging ^baccording to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment.”

The Identity of the Messiah

²⁵Some of the people of Jerusalem ^cwere saying, “Isn’t this the man they want to kill? ²⁶Yet, look! He’s speaking publicly and they’re saying nothing to Him. Can it be true that the authorities ^dknow He is the Messiah? ^e27But we know where this man is from. ^fWhen the Messiah comes, nobody will know where He is from.”

²⁸As He was teaching in the temple complex, ^gJesus cried out, “You know Me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on My own, but the One who sent Me ^his true. You don’t know Him; ⁱ²⁹I know Him because I am from Him, and He sent Me.” ^j

³⁰Then they tried to seize Him. Yet no one laid a hand on Him because His hour ^khad not yet come. ³¹However, many from the crowd believed in Him and said, “When the Messiah comes, He won’t perform more signs than this man has done, ^lwill He?”

³²The Pharisees ^mheard the crowd muttering these things about Him, so the chief priests ⁿand the Pharisees sent temple police to arrest Him.

³³Then Jesus said, “I am only with you for a short time. ^oThen I’m going to the One who sent Me. ^p34You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.” ^q

³⁵Then the Jews ^rsaid to one another, “Where does He intend to go so we won’t find Him? He doesn’t intend to go to the Dispersion ^stamong the Greeks ^uand teach the Greeks, does He? ³⁶What is this remark He made: ‘You will look for Me, and you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’ ^v?”