1After these things, Jesus walked in Galilee, for He didn’t want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him.
2Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was near.
3Therefore His brothers told Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples will see the works that You are doing, too.
4Nobody does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.”
5For even His brothers didn’t believe in Him.
6Then Jesus told them, “My time hasn’t yet come, but your time is always right.
7The world can’t hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
8Go up to this feast yourselves. I’m not going up to this feast, yet, for my time hasn’t yet fully come.”
9Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.
10When His brothers had gone up to the feast, however, Jesus also went up, not publicly, but in secret.
11The Jews were looking for Him at the feast, and saying, “Where is He?”
12There was much complaining among the people about Him. Some said, “He is good,” but others said, “No, He deceives the people.”
13No one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.
14About the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach.
15The Jews marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
16Jesus answered, “My teaching isn’t mine, but His who sent me.
17Anyone who wants to do His will shall know if the teaching is from God or if I speak on my own.
18The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.
19Didn’t Moses give you the Law, yet none of you keeps the Law? Why are you trying to kill me?”
20The people answered, “You have a demon. Who is trying to kill You?”
21Jesus answered, “I did one work, and you all marvel.
22Moses gave you circumcision (not that it’s from Moses, but from the forefathers), and you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.
23If a boy gets circumcised on the Sabbath, so that the Law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?
24Don’t judge by appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”
25Some of the people of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
John 7
John 7:1-25