6.
The need of the thirsty — life's quenching
7:1-52
a.
Life under the persecution of religion
vv. 1-36
1)
Religion's plot and religion's feast
vv. 1-2
John 7
:1
7:1
And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for He would not walk in Judea, because the Jews were
aseeking to
1kill Him.
John 7
:2
7:2
Now the Jews'
1aFeast of Tabernacles was near.
2)
Life's suffering of man's unbelief
vv. 3-5
John 7
:3
7:3
His brothers therefore said to Him, Depart from here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may behold Your works which You are doing;
John 7
:4
7:4
For no one does anything in secret and himself seeks to be
known openly. If You do these things, manifest Yourself to the world.
John 7
:5
7:5
For not even His brothers believed into Him.
3)
Life's limitation in time
vv. 6-9
John 7
:6
7:6
Jesus therefore said to them, My
1atime has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
John 7
:7
7:7
The aworld cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify concerning it, that
bits works are evil.
John 7
:8
7:8
You go up to the feast; I am not going up to this feast, because My
atime has not yet been fulfilled.
John 7
:9
7:9
And having said these things to them, He remained in Galilee.
4)
Life's seeking of God's glory
vv. 10-24
John 7
:10
7:10
But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up,
1not openly, but as
it were in secret.
John 7
:11
7:11
The Jews therefore
asought Him at the feast and said, Where is He?
John 7
:12
7:12
And there was much murmuring about Him among the crowds:
asome said, He is a good man; but others said, No; rather He leads the crowd astray.
John 7
:13
7:13
Yet no one spoke openly about Him for
afear of the JEWS.
John 7
:14
7:14
But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach.
John 7
:15
7:15
The Jews therefore marveled and said, How does this man know letters,
1without ever having studied?
John 7
:16
7:16
Jesus therefore answered them and said,
aMy teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.
John 7
:17
7:17
If anyone resolves to do His will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself.
John 7
:18
7:18
He who speaks from himself
aseeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of Him who sent Him, this One is true, and unrighteousness is not in Him.
John 7
:19
7:19
aHas not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you
bseek to kill Me?
John 7
:20
7:20
The crowd answered, You
ahave a demon! Who is seeking to kill You?
John 7
:21
7:21
Jesus answered and said to them, I did
aone work, and you all marvel.
John 7
:22
7:22
For the same reason
aMoses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.
John 7
:23
7:23
If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with Me because I
amade an entire man well on the Sabbath?
John 7
:24
7:24
Do not judge according to
1appearance, but judge the righteous judgment.
5)
Life's source and origin — God the Father
vv. 25-36
John 7
:25
7:25
Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the One whom they are seeking to kill?
John 7
:26
7:26
And look, He is speaking openly, and they say nothing to Him. Have the rulers, perhaps, really recognized that this is the Christ?
John 7
:27
7:27
But we
aknow where this man is from; yet when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.
John 7
:28
7:28
Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, You both
1aknow Me and know where I am from; and
bI have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not
1know.
John 7
:29
7:29
I aknow Him, because I am
1bfrom Him, and He
2sent Me.
John 7
:30
7:30
They sought then to
aseize Him, yet no one laid a hand on Him, because
bHis hour had not yet come.
John 7
:31
7:31
But many out of the crowd believed into Him and said, Will the Christ, when He comes, do more signs than this man has done?
John 7
:32
7:32
The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent attendants to arrest Him.
John 7
:33
7:33
Jesus therefore said,
aI am still with you a little while, and
then bI am going to Him who sent Me.
John 7
:34
7:34
aYou will seek Me and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.
John 7
:35
7:35
The Jews then said to one another, Where is this man about to go that we will not find Him? Is He about to go to the
Jews in dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
John 7
:36
7:36
What is the word which He said, You will seek Me and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come?
b.
Life's cry to the thirsty ones
vv. 37-39
John 7
:37
7:37
Now on the
1last day, the great
day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone
athirsts, let him
bcome to Me and
cdrink.
John 7
:38
7:38
He who believes into Me, as the Scripture said, out of his
ainnermost being shall
1flow 2brivers of living water.
John 7
:39
7:39
But this He said concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed into Him were about to receive; for
the 1aSpirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been
bglorified.
c.
Division caused by life's appearance
vv. 40-52
John 7
:40
7:40
Some of the crowd therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is truly the
aProphet.
John 7
:41
7:41
Others said, This is the
aChrist. But some said, Does then the Christ come out of
1bGalilee?
John 7
:42
7:42
Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes out of the
aseed of David and from
bBethlehem, the village where David was?
John 7
:43
7:43
So there arose a division among the crowd because of Him.
John 7
:44
7:44
And some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
John 7
:45
7:45
The attendants therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and these said to them, Why did you not bring Him?
John 7
:46
7:46
The attendants answered,
aNever has a man spoken as this man
has.
John 7
:47
7:47
The Pharisees then answered them, Have you also been deceived?
John 7
:48
7:48
Has any one of the
arulers or Pharisees believed into Him?
John 7
:49
7:49
But this crowd which does not know the law is accursed.
John 7
:50
7:50
aNicodemus said to them (he who came to Him before, being one of them),
John 7
:51
7:51
Does our law
1condemn a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing?
John 7
:52
7:52
They answered and said to him, Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises out of
aGalilee.
7.
The need of those under the bondage of sin — life's setting free
7:53—8:59
a.
Who is without sin?
7:53—8:9
John 7
:53
7:53
1And everyone went to his
own house.
