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22 aMoses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, bbut from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.  
23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because aI made a man completely well on the Sabbath?  
24 aDo not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”  

Could This Be the Christ?

25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to akill?  
26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. aDo the rulers know indeed that this is1 truly the Christ?  
27 aHowever, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”  
28 Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, a“You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and bI have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me cis true, dwhom you do not know.  
29 But aI know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”  
30 Therefore athey sought to take Him; but bno one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.  
31 And amany of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”  

Jesus and the Religious Leaders

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him.
33 Then Jesus said1 to them, a“I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I bgo to Him who sent Me.  
34 You awill seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you bcannot come.”  
35 Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to athe Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?  
36 What is this thing that He said, ‘You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

37 aOn the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, b“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.  
38 aHe who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, bout of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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John 7:24

Judge not, etc.—that is, Rise above the letter into the spirit of the law.



John 7:21-24

I have done one work, etc.—Taking no notice of the popular appeal, as there were those there who knew well enough what He meant, He recalls His cure of the impotent man, and the murderous rage it had kindled (John 5:9, John 5:16, John 5:18). It may seem strange that He should refer to an event a year and a half old, as if but newly done. But their present attempt "to kill Him" brought up the past scene vividly, not only to Him, but without doubt to them, too, if indeed they had ever forgotten it; and by this fearless reference to it, exposing their hypocrisy and dark designs, He gave His position great moral strength.




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