fl And after that Jesus went about in Galilee; for he did not wish to go about in Judaea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. Now the festival of the Jews which is the Feast of the Tabernacles was at hand. And his brothers said to him: Remove from here and go to Judaea, so that your disciples also can see the works that you perform; for no one acts in secret and then hopes to be well known. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world. For even his brothers did not believe in him. And Jesus said to them: My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready at hand. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I testify concerning it that what it does is wicked. You go up to the festival. I will not yet go up to this festival, because my time is not yet completed. He told them this and remained in Galilee. But when his brothers went up to the festival, then he went too, not openly but in secret. So then the Jews looked for him at the festival and said: Where is he? And there was much murmuring about him in the crowds. Some said: He is good; and others said: No. He leads the people astray. But none spoke openly about him, through fear of the Jews.
And now the festival had gone halfway, and Jesus went up to the temple and taught. And the Jews were astonished and said: How does this man have learning when he was never a student? Jesus answered them and said: My teaching is not my own but his who sent me; if anyone wishes to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it comes from God or whether I speak on my own account. He who speaks on his own account is looking for his own glory; but he who looks for the glory of him who sent him is the true man, and there is no wrong in him. Did not Moses give you the law? And not one of you obeys the law. Why are you trying to kill me? The crowd answered: You are possessed. Who is trying to kill you? Jesus answered and said to them: I did one thing and you all are astonished. This was why Moses gave you circumcision—not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers—and you circumcise a man on the sabbath. If a man receives circumcision on the sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole man healthy on the sabbath? Do not judge by appearance, but make the judgment that is just. Then some of the people of Jerusalem said: Is not this the man they are trying to kill? And see, he speaks in public and they say nothing to him. Might it be that the authorities have seen that this is the Christ? But we know where this man comes from. But when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from. Jesus cried aloud as he taught in the temple: You know me and you know where I come from. But I came not on my own account, but he is the true one who sent me, and you do not know him. I know him, because I am from him and it was he who sent me. Then they sought to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him because his time had not yet come. Many in the crowd believed in him, and they said: When the Christ comes, can he perform more miracles than this one has done?
The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring thus about him, and the high priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize him. Then Jesus said: For a little more time I am with you and then I go to him who sent me. You will look for me and you will not find me, and where I am you cannot go. Then the Jews said among themselves: Where does this man mean to go where we shall not find him? He cannot be going to go where we are settled among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? What is this that he said: You will look for me and you will not find me, and where I am you cannot go?
On the last great day of the festival Jesus stood forth and made a declaration, saying: If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. For one who believes in me, as the scripture says, streams of living water shall flow from deep within him. This he said concerning the spirit, of which those who had put their faith in him would partake; but the spirit was not yet because Jesus was not yet glorified. And some in the crowd who listened to these words said: This is in truth the prophet. And others said: This is the Christ. But others said: Surely the Christ cannot come out of Galilee? Did not the scripture say that the Christ would be of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, David's village? So there was division in the multitude over him. And some of them wished to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.
Then the officers came back to the high priests and the Pharisees, who said to them: Why did you not bring him? The officers answered: Never has a man spoken like that. The Pharisees answered: Surely you have not been led astray? Do you think that one of the council or of the Pharisees believes in him? Only this rabble which does not know the law and is accursed. Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before, who was one of them, said to them: Surely our law does not judge a man without first giving him a hearing and being told what he does. They answered and said to him: Could it be that you are from Galilee too? Study the matter, and know that no prophet originates in Galilee. [And they went away each to his own house.
41 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives; but at dawn he came back to the temple, and all the people came to him, and he sat and taught them. And the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and they set her in their midst. And they said to him: Master, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the law Moses charged us to stone such women to death. But what do you say? This they said to entrap him, so that they could bring a charge against him. Jesus stooped down and wrote with his finger in the dust. But when they continued to question him he stood up and said: Let the one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her. And again he stooped and wrote in the dust. And when they heard they went out, one by one, the eldest first, and he was left alone, and the woman who had been in their midst. And Jesus stood up and said to her: Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you? She said: No one, Lord. And Jesus said: Nor do I condemn you. Go, and from now on sin no more.]
Then Jesus talked with them again and said: I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk about in darkness but will have the light of life. Then the Pharisees said to him: You are testifying about yourself; your testimony is not true. Jesus answered and said to them: Even if I am testifying about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I c^e from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going. You judge according to the flesh but I judge no one. And if I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone but am I and the one who sent me. And in your law it is written that the testimony of two persons is true. I am he who testifies about myself, and my father who sent me testifies about me. Then they said to him: Where is your father? Jesus answered: You know neither me nor my father. If you knew me, you would also know my father. These words he spoke in the treasury as he taught in the temple. And no one seized him, because his time had not yet come.
Then again he said to them: I am going, and you will look for me, and in your sin you will die. Where I am going you cannot go. Then the Jews said: Will he kill himself when he says: Where I ^ going you cannot go? And he said to them: You come from things below, I come from things above. You are of this world, I am not of this world. I told you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am, you will die in your sins. Then they said to him: Who are you? Jesus said to them: What I have been telling you from the beginning. I have much to say about you and much to judge. But he who sent me is true, and what I heard from him is what I speak to the world. They did not realize it was his father he told them about. Then Jesus said: When you raise the son of man aloft, then you will know that I am, and that of myself I do nothing, but what I say is according to what my father taught me. And he who sent me is with me. He did not leave me alone, because what I do is his pleasure, always. When he said this, many believed in him.