John 7:27-53

New American Standard Bible

²⁷ However, ^(A)we know where this man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.” ²⁸ Then Jesus cried out in the temple, ^(B)teaching and saying, “^(C)You both know Me and you know where I am from; and ^(D)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. ^29 (E)I do know Him, because ^(F)I am from Him, and ^(G)He sent Me.” ³⁰ So they ^(H)were seeking to arrest Him; and yet no one laid a hand on Him, because His ^(I)hour had not yet come. ³¹ But ^(J)many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “^(K)When the ^[a]Christ comes, He will not perform more ^[b](L)signs than those which this man has done, will He?”

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ^(M)officers to ^(N)arrest Him. ³³ Therefore Jesus said, “^(O)For a little while longer I am going to be with you, and then ^(P)I am going to Him who sent Me. ^34 (Q)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.” ^35 (R)The Jews then said to one another, “^(S)Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He does not intend to go to ^(T)the Dispersion among ^(U)the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, does He? ³⁶ What is this statement that He said, ‘^(V)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”

³⁷ Now on ^(W)the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “^(X)If anyone is thirsty, ^[c]let him come to Me and drink. ³⁸ The one who believes in Me, ^(Y)as the Scripture said, ‘^[d]From his innermost being will flow rivers of ^(Z)living water.’” ³⁹ But this He said ^(AA)in reference to the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ^(AB)the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(AC)glorified.

People’s Division over Jesus

⁴⁰ Some of the people therefore, after they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is ^(AD)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others were saying, “This is the ^[e]Christ.” But others were saying, “^(AE)Surely the ^[f]Christ is not coming from Galilee, is He? ⁴² Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from ^(AF)the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” ⁴³ So ^(AG)a dissension occurred in the crowd because of Him. ⁴⁴ And ^(AH)some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

⁴⁵ The ^(AI)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” ⁴⁶ The ^(AJ)officers answered, “^(AK)Never has a man spoken in this way!” ⁴⁷ The Pharisees then replied to them, “^(AL)You have not been led astray too, have you? ^48 (AM)Not one of ^(AN)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? ⁴⁹ But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed!” ^50 (AO)Nicodemus (the one who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them, ⁵¹ “^(AP)Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” ⁵² They answered and said to him, “^(AQ)You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” ⁵³ [[^[g]And everyone went to his home.