25. THE FESTIVAL OF TABERNACLES
AND THE
SUBSEQUENT TRANSACTIONS,
UNTIL
OUR LORD'S ARRIVAL AT BETHANY,
SIX DAYS BEFORE THE FOURTH PASSOVER.
TIME. Six months, less one week.
SEC. 83.]
His public teaching. Jerusalem.
CH. VII. 11-53. CH. VIII. 1.
11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him, for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. 13 Howbeit, no man spake openly of him, for fear of the Jews.
14 Now, about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. 19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision, (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath-day circumcise a man.* 23 If a man on the sabbath-day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath-day? 24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
* Lev. xii. 3.
sec. 83.]
His public teaching. Jerusalem.
CH. VII. 11-53. CH. VIII. 1.
26 But lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? 27 Howbeit, we know this man, whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
28 Then cried Jesus in the temple, as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. 29 But I know him; for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? 32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him: and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. 33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? 36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come? 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should
Isa. iv. 1. and lviii. 11, and xliv. 3. Zech. xiii. 1, and xiv. 8.
§ 33. Jesus at the festival of Tabernacles.
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John viii. 1, to the Mount of Olives ] It is apparent, from various incidental allusions in the Evangelists, that it was the habit of our Lord at this period to spend his days in Jerusalem, in teaching the people and healing the sick, and his nights in the mount of Olives, in prayer. Yet it is nowhere directly asserted; and the manner in SEC. 83.]
His public teaching. Jerusalem.
CH. VII. 11-53. CH. VIII. 1.
receive, for the Holy Ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
41 Others said, This is the Christ.
But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
42 Hath not the scripture said,*
That Christ cometh of the seed of
David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
43 So there was a division among the people because of him.
44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
48 Have any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees believed on him?
49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them.)
51 Doth our law judge any man before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
52 They answered, and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee: Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
53 And every man went unto his own house.
CH. VIII.
JESUS went unto the mount of
Olives:
* Ps. lxxxix. 4, and cxxxii. 11. Mic. v. 2.
which it is slightly mentioned or alluded to by the sacred writers, is worthy of particular notice, as a proof of their veracity, never met with, in works of fiction. Compare
Matth. xxiv. 3, and xxvi. 30; Mark xiii. 3, and xiv. 26; Luke vi. 12, and xxi. 37, 38, and xxii. 39; John viii. 1, 2, and xviii. 1.
§ 84. The woman taken in