Trinity for Norman

John 11 & 12: Preparation For Burial

The Plot to Kill Jesus

45 ⁿMany of the Jews therefore, ^owho had come with Mary and ^phad seen what he did,believed in him, 46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus haddone. 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees ^qgathered ^rthe council and said, ^s“Whatare we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, everyonewill believe in him, and ^tthe Romans will come and take away both our ^uplace and ournation.” 49 But one of them, ^vCaiaphas, ^wwho was high priest that year, said to them, “Youknow nothing at all. 50 Nor do you understand that ^xit is better for you that one manshould die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.” 51 He did not say this ofhis own accord, but ^ybeing high priest that year ^zhe prophesied that Jesus would die forthe nation, 52 and ^anot for the nation only, but also ^bto gather into one the children of Godwho are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day on they ^cmade plans to put him to death.

54 Jesus therefore ^dno longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there tothe region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with thedisciples.

55 Now ^ethe Passover of the Jews was at hand, and ^fmany went up from the country toJerusalem before the Passover ^gto purify themselves. 56 ^hThey were looking for^{Greek were seeking for}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+12/#f6-">6 Jesusand saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That he willnot come to the feast at all?” 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given ordersthat if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.

Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany

12 Six days before ⁱthe Passover, ^jJesus therefore came to Bethany, ^kwhereLazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner forhim there. ^lMartha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table.3 ^mMary therefore took a pound^{Greek litra; a litra (or Roman pound) was equal to about 11 1/2 ounces or 327 grams}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+12/#f1-">1 of expensive ointment made from pure nard, andanointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with thefragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about tobetray him), said, 5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii^{A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+12/#f2-">2 andⁿgiven to the poor?” 6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because hewas a thief, and ⁿhaving charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was putinto it. 7 Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it^{Or Leave her alone; she intended to keep it}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+12/#f3-">3 for the day of my burial.8 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”

The Plot to Kill Lazarus

9 When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus^{Greek he}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+12/#f4-">4 was there, they came, not onlyon account of him but also to see Lazarus, ^owhom he had raised from the dead. 10 ^pSo thechief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, 11 because ^qon account of himmany of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.

The Triumphal Entry

12 The next day ^rthe large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus wascoming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of ^spalm trees and went out to meet him,crying out, ^t“Hosanna! Blessed is ^uhe who comes in the name of the Lord, even ^vthe Kingof Israel!” 14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

15  ^w“Fear not, daughter of Zion;

behold, your king is coming,

sitting on a donkey's colt!”

16 ^xHis disciples did not understand these things at first, but ^ywhen Jesus was glorified,then ^zthey remembered that these things had been written about him and had been doneto him. 17 ^aThe crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb andraised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18 The reason why the crowd went tomeet him ^bwas that they heard he had done this sign. 19 So the Pharisees said to oneanother, ^c“You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, ^dthe world has gone after him.”

John 11: Lazarus: the Promise, the Sign, the Reality

The Death of Lazarus

11 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of ^lMary and her sisterMartha. 2 ^mIt was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feetwith her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord,ⁿhe whom you love is ill.” 4 But when Jesus heard it he said, ^o“This illness does not lead todeath. It is for ^pthe glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

5 Now ^qJesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when he heard thatLazarus^{Greek he; also verse 17}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+11/#f1-">1 was ill, ^rhe stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 7 Then after thishe said to the disciples, ^s“Let us go to Judea again.” 8 The disciples said to him, ^t“Rabbi,^uthe Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” 9 Jesusanswered, ^v“Are there not twelve hours in the day? ^wIf anyone walks in the day, he doesnot stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But ^xif anyone walks in the night,he stumbles, because the light is not ^xin him.” 11 After saying these things, he said to them,“Our friend Lazarus ^yhas fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” 12 The disciples said tohim, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death,but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus told them plainly,“Lazarus has died, 15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you maybelieve. But let us go to him.” 16 ^zSo Thomas, called the Twin,^{Greek Didymus}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+11/#f2-">2 said to his fellow disciples,“Let us also go, ^athat we may die with him.”

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb ^bfourdays. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles^{Greek fifteen stadia; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+11/#f3-">3 off, 19 and many of the Jews hadcome to Martha and Mary ^cto console them concerning their brother. 20 ^dSo whenMartha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated inthe house. 21 Martha said to ^eJesus, “Lord, ^fif you had been here, my brother would nothave died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, ^gGod will give you.”23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 ^hMartha said to him, “I know that hewill rise again in ⁱthe resurrection on the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, ^j“I am theresurrection and ^kthe life.^{Some manuscripts omit and the life}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+11/#f4-">4 Whoever believes in me, ^lthough he die, ^myet shall he live,26 and everyone who lives and believes in me ⁿshall never die. Do you believe this?” 27 Shesaid to him, “Yes, Lord; ^oI believe that ^pyou are the Christ, the Son of God, ^qwho is cominginto the world.”

Jesus Weeps

28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, ^r“TheTeacher is here and is calling for you.” 29 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and wentto him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place whereMartha had met him. 31 When the Jews ^swho were with her in the house, consoling her,saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to thetomb to weep there. 32 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell athis feet, saying to him, ^t“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he^uwas deeply moved^{Or was indignant; also verse 38}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+11/#f5-">5 in his spirit and ^vgreatly troubled. 34 And he said, “Where have youlaid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 ^wJesus wept. 36 So the Jews said,“See ^xhow he loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “Could not he ^ywho opened the eyes ofthe blind man ^zalso have kept this man from dying?”

Jesus Raises Lazarus

38 Then Jesus, ^adeeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was ^ba cave, and ^ca stone layagainst it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said tohim, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for ^dhe has been dead four days.” 40 Jesussaid to her, ^e“Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see ^fthe glory of God?” 41 Sothey took away the stone. And Jesus ^glifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you thatyou have heard me. 42 ^hI knew that you always hear me, but I said this ⁱon account of thepeople standing around, ^jthat they may believe that you sent me.” 43 When he had saidthese things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” 44 ^kThe man who haddied came out, ^lhis hands and feet bound with linen strips, and ^mhis face wrapped with acloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

John 10 - Is Jesus Good?

I Am the Good Shepherd

10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door butclimbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters bythe door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear hisvoice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought outall his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 ^yAstranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice ofstrangers.” 6 This figure of speech Jesus ^zused with them, but they ^adid not understandwhat he was saying to them.

7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^bI am the door of the sheep.8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 Iam the door. If anyone enters by me, ^che will be saved and will go in and out and ^dfindpasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and ^ekill and destroy. I came that they may havelife and have it abundantly. 11 ^fI am the good shepherd. The good shepherd ^glays down hislife for the sheep. 12 He who is ^ha hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own thesheep, sees the wolf coming and ⁱleaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches themand ^jscatters them. 13 He flees because ^khe is a hired hand and ^lcares nothing for thesheep. 14 ^mI am the good shepherd. ⁿI know my own and ^omy own know me, 15 ^pjust as theFather knows me and I know the Father; and ^qI lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And ^rIhave other sheep that are not of this fold. ^sI must bring them also, and ^tthey will listen tomy voice. So there will be ^uone flock, ^vone shepherd. 17 ^wFor this reason the Father lovesme, ^xbecause ^yI lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 ^zNo one takes it from me,but ^yI lay it down ^aof my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and ^bI haveauthority to take it up again. ^cThis charge I have received from my Father.”

19 ^dThere was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many ofthem said, ^e“He has a demon, and ^fis insane; why listen to him?” 21 Others said, “These arenot the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. ^gCan a demon open the eyes of theblind?”

I and the Father Are One

22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 andJesus was walking in the temple, ^hin the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gatheredaround him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are ⁱtheChrist, ^jtell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. ^kTheworks that I do ^lin my Father's name bear witness about me, 26 but ^myou do not believebecause you are not among my sheep. 27 ⁿMy sheep hear my voice, and I know them, andthey follow me. 28 ^oI give them eternal life, and ^pthey will never perish, and ^qno one willsnatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, ^rwho has given them to me,^{Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+10/#f1-">1 ^sis greater thanall, and no one is able to snatch them out of ^tthe Father's hand. 30 ^uI and the Father areone.”

31 ^vThe Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I haveshown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stoneme?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone youbut ^wfor blasphemy, because you, being a man, ^xmake yourself God.” 34 Jesus answeredthem, “Is it not written in ^yyour Law, ^z‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods towhom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be ^abroken— 36 do you say of himwhom ^bthe Father consecrated and ^csent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because^dI said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 ^eIf I am not doing the works of my Father, then do notbelieve me; 38 but if I do them, ^feven though you do not believe me, believe the works, thatyou may know and understand that ^gthe Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39 ^hAgainthey sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place ⁱwhere John had been baptizingat first, and there he remained. 41 And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign,but ^jeverything that John said about this man was true.” 42 And ^kmany believed in himthere.

John 9 - Believing is Seeing

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him,^c“Rabbi, ^dwho sinned, ^ethis man or ^fhis parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesusanswered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but ^gthat the works of Godmight be displayed in him. 4 We must ^hwork the works of him who sent me ⁱwhile it isday; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, ^jI am the lightof the world.” 6 Having said these things, ^khe spit on the ground and made mud with thesaliva. ^lThen he anointed the man's eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in^mthe pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and ⁿcame back seeing.

8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, ^o“Is thisnot the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he islike him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” 10 So they said to him, “Then how were your eyesopened?” 11 He answered, ^p“The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes andsaid to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” 12 Theysaid to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”

13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 ^qNow it was aSabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 ^rSo the Pharisees againasked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes,and I washed, and I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not ^sfrom God, ^tforhe does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, ^u“How can a man who is a sinner do suchsigns?” And ^vthere was a division among them. 17 So they said again to the blind man,“What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, ^w“He is a prophet.”

18 ^xThe Jews^{Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 22}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+9/#f1-">1 did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, untilthey called the parents of the man who had received his sight 19 and asked them, “Is thisyour son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” 20 His parentsanswered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But how he nowsees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He willspeak for himself.” 22 (His parents said these things ^ybecause they feared the Jews, for^zthe Jews had already agreed that if anyone should ^aconfess Jesus^{Greek him}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+9/#f2-">2 to be Christ, ^bhe wasto be put out of the synagogue.) 23 Therefore his parents said, ^c“He is of age; ask him.”

24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him,^d“Give glory to God. We know that ^ethis man is a sinner.” 25 He answered, “Whether he isa sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I ^fwas blind, now I see.” 26 Theysaid to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them,^g“I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Doyou also want to become his disciples?” 28 And they reviled him, saying, “You are hisdisciple, but ^hwe are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but asfor this man, ⁱwe do not know where he comes from.” 30 The man answered, “Why, this is^jan amazing thing! ^kYou do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.31 We know that ^lGod does not listen to sinners, but ^mif anyone is a worshiper of God anddoes his will, God listens to him. 32 Never since the world began has it been heard thatanyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 ⁿIf this man were not from God, he coulddo nothing.” 34 They answered him, ^o“You were born in utter sin, and would you teachus?” And they ^pcast him out.

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do youbelieve in ^qthe Son of Man?”^{Some manuscripts the Son of God}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+9/#f3-">3 36 He answered, ^r“And who is he, sir, that I may believe inhim?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and ^sit is he who is speaking to you.” 38 Hesaid, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. 39 Jesus said, ^t“For judgment I came intothis world, ^uthat those who do not see may see, and ^vthose who see may become blind.”40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, ^w“Are we alsoblind?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, ^xyou would have no guilt;^{Greek you would not have sin}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+9/#f4-">4 but now thatyou say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

John 8 - Faith in Jesus is True Freedom

The Truth Will Set You Free

31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ^c“If you abide in my word, you aretruly my disciples, 32 and you will ^dknow the truth, and the truth ^ewill set you free.”33 They answered him, ^f“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved toanyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^geveryone who practices sin is aslave^{For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 35}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+8/#f2-">2 to sin. 35 ^hThe slave does not remain in the house forever; ⁱthe son remainsforever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you areoffspring of Abraham; yet ^jyou seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. 38 ^kIspeak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard ^lfrom yourfather.”

You Are of Your Father the Devil

39 They answered him, ^m“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, ⁿ“If you wereAbraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, 40 but now ^oyou seek tokill me, a man who has told you the truth ^pthat I heard from God. This is not whatAbraham did. 41 You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, ^q“We were notborn of sexual immorality. We have ^rone Father—even God.” 42 Jesus said to them, ^s“IfGod were your Father, you would love me, for ^tI came from God and ^uI am here. ^vI camenot of my own accord, but ^whe sent me. 43 ^xWhy do you not understand what I say? It isbecause you cannot ^ybear to hear my word. 44 ^zYou are of your father the devil, and yourwill is to do your father's desires. ^aHe was a murderer from the beginning, and ^bdoes notstand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. ^cWhen he lies, he speaks out of hisown character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you donot believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you notbelieve me? 47 ^dWhoever is of God hears the words of God. ^eThe reason why you do nothear them is that ^fyou are not of God.”

Before Abraham Was, I Am

48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and^ghave a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but ^hI honor my Father, andyou dishonor me. 50 Yet ⁱI do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he isthe judge. 51 Truly, truly, ^jI say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never ^ksee death.”52 The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! ^lAbraham died, as did theprophets, yet ^myou say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never ⁿtaste death.’ 53 ^oAre yougreater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you makeyourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, ^p“If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. ^qIt is myFather who glorifies me, ^rof whom you say, ‘He is our God.’^{Some manuscripts your God}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+8/#f3-">3 55 But ^syou have not knownhim. ^tI know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be ^ua liar ^vlike you, but Ido know him and I keep his word. 56 ^wYour father Abraham ^xrejoiced ^ythat he would seemy day. ^zHe saw it and was glad.” 57 So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty yearsold, and have you seen Abraham?”^{Some manuscripts has Abraham seen you?}" href="https://www.esv.org/John+8/#f4-">4 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, beforeAbraham was, ^aI am.” 59 So ^bthey picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himselfand went out of the temple.

John 8 - Light of the World

¹² Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” ¹³ So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.” ¹⁴ Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. ¹⁵ You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. ¹⁶ Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father^[a] who sent me. ¹⁷ In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. ¹⁸ I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.” ¹⁹ They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” ²⁰ These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

²¹ So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” ²² So the Jews said, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” ²³ He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. ²⁴ I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.” ²⁵ So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. ²⁶ I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.” ²⁷ They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸ So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me. ²⁹ And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.” ³⁰ As he was saying these things, many believed in him.

John 8 - Let Him Who Is Without Sin Cast The First Stone

¹ but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. ² Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. ³ The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst ⁴ they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. ⁵ Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” ⁶ This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. ⁷ And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” ⁸ And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground.⁹ But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. ¹⁰ Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” ¹¹ She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” 

(John 8:1-11 ESV)

John 7- The Waters of Life

After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
 2 Now the Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand.
 3 So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing.
 4 For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world."
 5 For not even his brothers believed in him.
 6 Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.
 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
 8 You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come."
 9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.
 10 But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.
 11 The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, "Where is he?"
 12 And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, "He is a good man," others said, "No, he is leading the people astray."
 13 Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.
 14 About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching.
 15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, "How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?"
 16 So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
 17 If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
 18 The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.
 19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?"
 20 The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?"
 21 Jesus answered them, "I did one work, and you all marvel at it.
 22 Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
 23 If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well?
 24 Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."
 25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill?
 26 And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?
 27 But we know where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from."
 28 So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, "You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know.
 29 I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me."
 30 So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
 31 Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, "When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?"
 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
 33 Jesus then said, "I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
 34 You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come."
 35 The Jews said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
 36 What does he mean by saying, 'You will seek me and you will not find me,' and, 'Where I am you cannot come'?"
 37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'"
 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
 40 When they heard these words, some of the people said, "This really is the Prophet."
 41 Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee?
 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
 43 So there was a division among the people over him.
 44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
 45 The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?"
 46 The officers answered, "No one ever spoke like this man!"
 47 The Pharisees answered them, "Have you also been deceived?
 48 Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?
 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed."
 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them,
 51 "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?"
 52 They replied, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee."
 (Joh 7:1-52 ESV)

John 6- Have You Seen The Tree of Life?

 59 Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.
 60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?"
 61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Do you take offense at this?
 62 Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
 64 But there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)
 65 And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father."
 66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.
 67 So Jesus said to the Twelve, "Do you want to go away as well?"
 68 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life,
 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God."
 70 Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil."
 71 He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the Twelve, was going to betray him. (John 6:59-71 ESV)

John 6 - Eat the Bread from Heaven

 22 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.
 23 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
 25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
 26 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.
 27 Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal."
 28 Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?"
 29 Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."
 30 So they said to him, "Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform?
 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"
 32 Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
 34 They said to him, "Sir, give us this bread always."
 35 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.
 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.
 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."
 41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."
 42 They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"
 43 Jesus answered them, "Do not grumble among yourselves.
 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
 45 It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me--
 46 not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.
 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.
 48 I am the bread of life.
 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
 52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
 53 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.
 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever."
 59 Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.
 (John 6:22-59 ESV)