MODERN LITERAL VERSION

7:1 And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for* he did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
7:2 Now the feast of the Jews, that is the Feast of Tabernacles, was near.
7:3 Therefore his brethren said to him, Proceed from here and go into Judea, that* your disciples may also view your works which you are doing
7:4 for* no one does anything in secret, and he himself seeks to be known publicly. If you are doing these things, manifest yourself to the world.
7:5 For* even his brethren did not believe in him.
7:6 Therefore Jesus says to them, My time is not yet here, but your* time is always ready.
7:7 The world is not able to hate you*, but it hates me, because I am testifying concerning it, that its works are evil.
7:8 You*, go up to the feast. I do not go up to this feast yet, because my time is not yet fulfilled.
7:9 And having said these things to them, he remained still in Galilee.
{Lk 9:51-56 & Jn 7:10; Samaria, Sept: 29 AD.}

7:10 But when his brethren had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but like it was in secret.
{Jn 7:11-10:21; Jerusalem, Oct. 29 AD.}

7:11 Therefore the Jews sought him at the feast and said, Where is he?
7:12 And there was much murmuring among the crowds concerning him. Some said, He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he misleads the crowd.
7:13 Nevertheless no one spoke publicly concerning him because of fear of the Jews.

7:14 But when it was already the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
7:15 And the Jews were marveling, saying, How does this man know the Scriptures, having not learned them?

7:16 Therefore Jesus answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his , who sent me.
7:17 If anyone is willing to practice his will, he will know concerning the teaching, of what sort it is, from God or I speak from myself.
7:18 He who speaks from himself is seeking his own glory, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true and no unrighteousness is in him.
7:19 Did Moses not give you* the law and yet none out of you* are practicing the law? Why do you* seek to kill me?

7:20 The crowd answered and said, You have a demon. Who seeks to kill you?

7:21 Jesus answered and said to them, I did one work and you* all marvel.
7:22 Moses has given you* circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you* circumcise a man.
7:23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that* the Law of Moses may not be torn-down. Are you* bitterly-angry with me, because I made* a man entirely healthy on the Sabbath?
7:24 Do not judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

7:25 Therefore some out of those from Jerusalem said, Is this not the one whom they seek to kill?
7:26 And behold, he speaks publicly and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers truly know that this is truly the Christ?
7:27 But we know where this man is from, but whenever the Christ comes, no one knows where he is from.

7:28 Therefore Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, You* both know me and know where I am from, and I have not come from myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you* do not know.
7:29 I know him, because I am from him and he sent me.
7:30 Therefore they sought to arrest him and yet no one put his hand upon him (because his hour had not come yet).

7:31 But many out of the crowd believed in him, and they said, Whenever the Christ comes, he will not do signs more-than those which this man has done, will he?
7:32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the high-priests sent attendants that* they might arrest him.

7:33 Therefore Jesus said, I am still with you* for a little time and I go to him who sent me.
7:34 You* will seek me and will not find me and where I am, you* cannot come.

7:35 Therefore the Jews said among themselves, Where is this man about to travel that we will not find him? He is not about to travel to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?
7:36 What is this word that he said, You* will seek me and will not find me, and where I am, you* cannot come?

7:37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and let him drink.
7:38 He who believes in me, like the Scripture has said, Rivers of living water will flow out of his belly.
7:39 But he spoke this concerning the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for* the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

7:40 Therefore many out of the crowd, having heard the word, said, This is truly the prophet.

7:41 Others said, This is the Christ. Others said, The Christ does not come out of Galilee, does he?
7:42 Did the Scripture not say that the Christ comes out of the seed of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was? {2Sam. 7:12, Mic. 5:2}
7:43 So there became a split in the crowd because of him.
7:44 And some out of them wished to arrest him, but no one put hands upon him.

7:45 Therefore, the attendants came to the high-priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why did you* not bring him?

7:46 The attendants answered, A man has never* spoke like so, like this man.

7:47 Therefore the Pharisees answered them, You* are not also misled, are you?
7:48 Has any out of the rulers or any out of the Pharisees believed in him?
7:49 But this crowd that does not know the law are cursed.

7:50 Nicodemus says to them (he who came to him by night, being one out of them),
7:51 Our law does not judge a man, if it does not hear from him beforehand and may know what he is doing, does it?

7:52 They answered and said to him, You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.

7:53 And they each went-onward to his own house,