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64 that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing. The words which I speak unto you are spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe. (For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that did not believe, and who he was that would be65 tray him.) He added, Therefore I said to you, that no man can come unto me, unless it be given him by my Father.

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From this time many of his disciples withdrew,
Then said Je-

67 and accompanied him no longer.

68 sus to the twelve, Will ye also go away? Simon

Peter answered, Master, to whom should we go ?

69 Thou hast the words of eternal life: and we be- Mat. 16; 16.

Mar. 8; 29.

lieve and know that thou art the Messiah, the Son Lu. 9; 20.

70 of the living God. Jesus answered them, Have

not I chosen you twelve? yet one of you is a spy. 71 He meant Judas Iscariot son of Simon; for it was he who was to betray him, though he was one of the twelve.

VII. After this Jesus travelled about in Galilee; for he would not reside in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

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THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.

Lev. 23; 34 2 NOW the Jewish feast of tabernacles was near. 3 His brothers, therefore, said to him, Leave this country, and go into Judea, that thy disciples may 4 also see the works which thou dost. For whosoever courteth renown, doth nothing in secret: since thou performest such things, show thyself 5 to the world. (For not even his brothers believed 6 on him.) Jesus answered, My time is not yet 7 come; any time will suit you. The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I disclose the 8 wickedness of its actions. Go ye to this festival. I go not yet thither, because it is not my time. 9 Having said this, he remained in Galilee.

ch. 8; 20.

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But when his brothers were gone, he also went to the festival, not publicly, but rather privately. 11 At the festival, the Jews inquired after him, and 12 said, Where is he? And there was much whispering among the people concerning him. Some said, He is a good man. Others, No; he seduceth the 13 multitude. Nobody, however, spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.

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About the middle of the festival, Jesus went in

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15 to the temple and was teaching. And the Jews said with astonishment, Whence cometh this man's 16 learning who was never taught? Jesus made answer, My doctrine is not mine, but his who sent 17 me. Whosoever is minded to do his will, shall discern whether my doctrine proceed from God or 18 from myself. Whoever teacheth what proceedeth from himself, seeketh to promote his own glory; whosoever seeketh to promote the glory of him who sent him, deserveth credit, and is a stranger 19 to deceit. Did not Moses give you the law? Yet Ex. 24; 3. none of you keepeth the law. Why do ye seek 20 to kill me? The people answered, Thou art pos21 sessed. Who seeketh to kill thee? Jesus repli

ch. 5; 18.

ed, I have performed one action which surpriseth 22 you all. Moses instituted circumcision among Lev. 12; 3. you (not that it is from Moses, but from the pa23 triarchs), and ye circumcise on the Sabbath 44. If, Gen. 17; 10. on the Sabbath 45, a child receive circumcision, that the law of Moses may not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have, on the 24 Sabbath 46, cured a man whose whole body was

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disabled? Judge not from personal regards, but Deu. 1; 16 judge according to justice.

Then some inhabitants of Jerusalem said, Is not 26 this he whom they seek to kill? Lo! he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers indeed acknowledge that this is the Messiah? 45 Saturday.

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27 But we know whence this man is; whereas, when
the Messiah shall come, nobody will know whence
28 he is. Jesus, who was then teaching in the temple,
cried, Do ye know, both who, and whence, I am?
I came not of myself. But he is true who sent

29 me,

whom ye know not. As for me, I know him, because I came from him, and am commissioned 30 by him. Then they sought to apprehend him, but none laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet 31 come. Many of the people, however, believed on him, and said, When the Messiah shall come, will he do more miracles than this man doth?

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When the Pharisees heard that the people muttered such things concerning him, they and the chief 33 priests dispatched officers to seize him. Jesus there

fore said, Yet a little while I remain with you; ch. 13; 33. 34 then I go to him who sent me. Ye shall seek me, but shall not find me, nor be able to get thither 35 where I shall be. The Jews said among them

selves, Whither will he go that we shall not find him? Will he go to the dispersed Greeks, and 36 teach the Greeks? What meaneth he by saying, "Ye shall seek me, but shall not find me, nor be "able to get thither where I shall be ?”

Lev. 23; 36. 37

Is. 44; 3.
Joel, 2: 28.
Acts, 2; 16.

On the last and greatest day of the festival Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let. 38 him come unto me and drink. He who believeth on me, as Scripture saith, shall prove a cistern 39 whence rivers of living water shall flow. This he spake of the Spirit which they who believed on him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet [given],

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because Jesus was not yet glorified. Many of the 40 people having heard what was spoken, said, This 41 is certainly the Prophet. Some said, This is the

Messiah. Others, Doth the Messiah come from 42 Galilee? Doth not Scripture say, that the Mes

Mic. 5; 2.

siah will be of the posterity of David, and come from Bethlehem, the village whence David was?. 43. Thus the people were divided concerning him; Mat. 2; 5 and some of them would have seized him, but nobody laid hands upon him.

45 Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, Wherefore have 46 ye not brought him? The officers answered, Ne47 ver man spake like this man. The Pharisees re48 plied, Are ye also seduced? Hath any of the rulers, 49 or of the Pharisees, believed on him? But this populace which knoweth not the law is accursed. 50 Nicodemus, one of themselves (he who came to Je- Deut. 17; 8. 51 sus by night), said to them, Doth our law permit and 19; 15. us to condemn a man without hearing him, and 52 knowing what he hath done? They answered him,

Art thou also a Galilean? Search and thou wilt 53 find, that prophets arise not out of Galilee. Then VIII. every man went to his house: but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

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EARLY in the morning he returned to the temple, and all the people having come to him, he sat 3 down and taught them. Then the scribes and the pharisees brought to him a woman taken in adul 4 tery, and having placed her in the middle, said to

ch. 3; 2.

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