John 7: 10-13, Anticipation
However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.
11 Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus and asking, “Where is he?”
12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”
13 But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.
Jesus eventually goes to the festival. It is clear that the people are expecting him. He is popular but the people fear the religious/political leaders.
John 7: 14-20, Appearance at the Feast
Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.
15 The Jews there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning without having been taught?”
16 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.
17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.
18 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.
19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”
As in the other gospels, we see the people amazed as his teachings. Jesus is not one of the "educated" Pharisees but is instead an apparently ordinary untrained fisherman, son of a carpenter. Jesus responds by saying that his teaching has been given from God and that those who truly desire God will recognize it.
Some teach for personal glory. Jesus insists that he teaches for God's glory -- following the Torah of Moses, teachings that no one really follows. At the end the speech seems to detour to an accusation that some are trying to kill him.
John 7: 20, You are demon-possessed
“You are demon-possessed,” the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”
11 Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus and asking, “Where is he?”
12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”
13 But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.
Jesus eventually goes to the festival. It is clear that the people are expecting him. He is popular but the people fear the religious/political leaders.
John 7: 14-20, Appearance at the Feast
15 The Jews there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning without having been taught?”
16 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.
17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.
18 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.
19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”
As in the other gospels, we see the people amazed as his teachings. Jesus is not one of the "educated" Pharisees but is instead an apparently ordinary untrained fisherman, son of a carpenter. Jesus responds by saying that his teaching has been given from God and that those who truly desire God will recognize it.
Some teach for personal glory. Jesus insists that he teaches for God's glory -- following the Torah of Moses, teachings that no one really follows. At the end the speech seems to detour to an accusation that some are trying to kill him.
John 7: 20, You are demon-possessed
There is confusion and dissension among the crowd. Among a variety of claims about him, good and bad, is the claim that he is demon-possessed. This reflect the other gospel writers' reports that Pharisees attributed his healings to the work of the devil.
Jesus will respond to these questions in the next passage.
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