¹⁴ Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and ^(A)taught. ^15 (B)And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?”

^16 [a]Jesus answered them and said, ^(C)“My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. ^17 (D)If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. ^18 (E)He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who ^(F)seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and ^(G)no unrighteousness is in Him. ^19 (H)Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? ^(I)Why do you seek to kill Me?”

²⁰ The people answered and said, ^(J)“You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”

²¹ Jesus answered and said to them, “I did one work, and you all marvel. ^22 (K)Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, ^(L)but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. ²³ If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because ^(M)I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? ^24 (N)Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

Could This Be the Christ?

²⁵ Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to ^(O)kill? ²⁶ But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. ^(P)Do the rulers know indeed that this is ^[b]truly the Christ? ^27 (Q)However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”

²⁸ Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, ^(R)“You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and ^(S)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me ^(T)is true, ^(U)whom you do not know. ^29 [c]But ^(V)I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

³⁰ Therefore ^(W)they sought to take Him; but ^(X)no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. ³¹ And ^(Y)many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”

Jesus and the Religious Leaders

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him. ³³ Then Jesus said ^[d]to them, ^(Z)“I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I ^(AA)go to Him who sent Me. ³⁴ You ^(AB)will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you ^(AC)cannot come.”

³⁵ Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to ^(AD)the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? ³⁶ What is this thing that He said, ‘You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

^37 (AE)On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ^(AF)“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. ^38 (AG)He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, ^(AH)out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” ^39 (AI)But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those ^[e]believing in Him would receive; for the ^[f]Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(AJ)glorified.

Who Is He?

⁴⁰ Therefore ^[g]many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is ^(AK)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others said, “This is ^(AL)the Christ.”

But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? ^42 (AM)Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, ^(AN)where David was?” ⁴³ So ^(AO)there was a division among the people because of Him. ⁴⁴ Now ^(AP)some of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

Rejected by the Authorities

⁴⁵ Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why have you not brought Him?”

⁴⁶ The officers answered, ^(AQ)“No man ever spoke like this Man!”

⁴⁷ Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived? ⁴⁸ Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him? ⁴⁹ But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”

⁵⁰ Nicodemus ^(AR)(he who came to ^[h]Jesus ^[i]by night, being one of them) said to them, ^51 (AS)“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”

⁵² They answered and said to him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for ^(AT)no prophet ^[j]has arisen out of Galilee.”