John Chapter 7 Bible Study

Jesus traveled in Galilee; He didn’t want to travel in Judea because the Jewish authorities wanted to kill Him. The Festival of Shelters was approaching. Jesus’ brothers said, “Leave this place and go to Judea so Your followers will see how You are doing and that the whole world will know about You.” Jesus said to them, “The right time for Me has not yet come. Anytime is right for you. The world can’t hate you, but the world hates Me. I keep telling it that its ways are bad. You go on to the festival; I won’t be going there.” He said this while staying in Galilee. 

After Jesus’ brothers went to the festival, Jesus also went secretly. The Jewish authorities were looking for Jesus at the festival. “Where is Jesus?” they asked. There was much whispering among the crowd. Some people said, “Jesus is a good man.” Others said, “No, He fools the people.“ Nobody talked about Jesus openly, for they were afraid of the Jewish authorities. The festival was half over when Jesus went to the Temple to teach. The Jewish authorities asked, “How can this man know so much when He has never been to school?” Jesus responded, “What I teach isn’t my own, but from God, who sent Me. Whoever is willing to do what God wants will know whether it’s God’s teaching or on My own authority. Those who speak on their own authority are trying to get glory for themselves, but he who wants glory for the one who sent him is honest, and there’s nothing wrong in him. Moses gave you the Law, but not one of you obeys it. Why are you trying to kill Me?” 

The crowd responded, “You have a demon in you! Who is trying to kill You?” Jesus answered, “I performed one miracle, and you were all surprised. Moses ordered you to circumcise your sons and you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. If a boy is circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses isn’t broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man well on the Sabbath? Stop judging by external standards; judge by truer standards.” 

Some of Jerusalem’s people said, “Is that the man the authorities are trying to kill? Look, he is talking publicly and they say nothing against him! Can it be that they even know that He is the Messiah? When the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from, but we all do know where this man comes from.” Jesus said in the Temple, “Do you really know Me and know where I am from? He who sent Me is truthful. You don’t know Him, but I know Him because I come from Him and He sent Me.” No one laid a hand on him because his hour hadn’t come. Many of the crowd believed in Him. 

The Pharisees heard the crowd talking about Jesus, so they and the chief priests called out some guards to arrest Him. Jesus said, “I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I shall go away to Him who sent Me.” The Jewish authorities asked, “Where is Jesus about to go?” They didn’t understand Him. 

On the last day of the Festival, Jesus said, “Whoever is thirsty and believes shall come to Me and drink.” The people who believed were going to receive the Spirit, but it had not been given yet or raised to glory. Some of the people heard about the Spirit. The people were divided because some said that the man was the Messiah or prophet. Some wanted to seize Him; however, no one laid a hand on Him. 

When the guards returned, the chief priests and Pharisees asked the reason for why they didn’t bring the man. The guards said, “No one has ever talked the way that man does.” The Pharisees said, “This crowd does not understand the Law of Moses, which now means that they now are under God’s curse.” Nicodemus, one of the Pharisees, said to them, “According to our Law, we can’t condemn people before hearing and finding out what they have done.” The people said “Well, are you from Galilee as well? You will learn from the Scriptures that no kind of prophet will ever come from Galilee.” 

Our PECS/Picture Exchange Communication System for John Chapter 7

Questions

1. How did some people know that Jesus was the Christ?
2. Why did Jesus talk about man's originality for his glory?
3. What did Jesus talk about when He came to the temple?
4. What is the deed that Jesus performed?