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John 7:1-13

Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles

[1] After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him. [2] But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near, [3] Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. [4] No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” [5] For even his own brothers did not believe in him.

[6] Therefore Jesus told them, “My time is not yet here; for you any time will do. [7] The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil. [8] You go to the festival. I am not going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come.” [9] After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.

[10] However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret. [11] Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus and asking, “Where is he?”

[12] Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”

Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.” [13] But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.

Notes Outline

1. Jesus Struggled With - His Family

   1. John 7:2-5

   2. Mark 3:21

   3. Mark 3:31

2. Jesus Struggled With - The World

   1. John 7:6-9

   2. “A system of thinking that makes the material world an end in itself.”

   3. 5 billion years from now I will be a conscious person and I will remember what I did today. Will what I do today matter 5 billion years from now?

3. Jesus Struggled With - Religion

   1. John 7:1

   2. John 7:10-13