John Chapter 07

Question 1

7 post haec ambulabat Iesus in Galilaeam non enim volebat in Iudaeam ambulare quia quaerebant eum Iudaei interficere

Answer 1

After this, Jesus went around in Galilee, purposely staying away from Judea because the Jews there were waiting to take his life. (John 7:1)

Question 2

2 erat autem in proximo dies festus Iudaeorum scenopegia

Answer 2

But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near, (John 7:2)

Question 3

3 dixerunt autem ad eum fratres eius transi hinc et vade in Iudaeam ut et discipuli tui videant opera tua quae facis

Answer 3

Jesus’ brothers said to him, “You ought to leave here and go to Judea, so that your disciples may see the miracles you do. (John 7:3)

Question 4

4 nemo quippe in occulto quid facit et quaerit ipse in palam esse si haec facis manifesta te ipsum mundo

Answer 4

No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” (John 7:4)

Question 5

5 neque enim fratres eius credebant in eum

Answer 5

For even his own brothers did not believe in him. (John 7:5)

Question 6

6 dicit ergo eis Iesus tempus meum nondum advenit tempus autem vestrum semper est paratum

Answer 6

Therefore Jesus told them, “The right time for me has not yet come; for you any time is right. (John 7:6)

Question 7

7 non potest mundus odisse vos me autem odit quia ego testimonium perhibeo de illo quia opera eius mala sunt

Answer 7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil. (John 7:7)

Question 8

8 vos ascendite ad diem festum hunc ego non ascendo ad diem festum istum quia meum tempus nondum impletum est

Answer 8

You go to the Feast. I am not yet going up to this Feast, because for me the right time has not yet come.” (John 7:8)

Question 9

9 haec cum dixisset ipse mansit in Galilaea

Answer 9

Having said this, he stayed in Galilee. (John 7:9)

Question 10

10 ut autem ascenderunt fratres eius tunc et ipse ascendit ad diem festum non manifeste sed quasi in occulto

Answer 10

However, after his brothers had left for the Feast, he went also, not publicly, but in secret. (John 7:10)

Question 11

11 Iudaei ergo quaerebant eum in die festo et dicebant ubi est ille

Answer 11

Now at the Feast the Jews were watching for him and asking, “Where is that man?” (John 7:11)

Question 12

12 et murmur multus de eo erat in turba; quidam enim dicebant quia bonus est alii autem dicebant non sed seducit turbas

Answer 12

Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.” (John 7:12)

Question 13

13 nemo tamen palam loquebatur de illo propter metum Iudaeorum

Answer 13

But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the Jews. (John 7:13)

Question 14

14 iam autem die festo mediante ascendit Iesus in templum et docebat

Answer 14

Not until halfway through the Feast did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach. (John 7:14)

Question 15

15 et mirabantur Iudaei dicentes quomodo hic litteras scit cum non didicerit

Answer 15

The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning without having studied?” (John 7:15)

Question 16

16 respondit eis Iesus et dixit mea doctrina non est mea sed eius qui misit me

Answer 16

Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me. (John 7:16)

Question 17

17 si quis voluerit voluntatem eius facere cognoscet de doctrina utrum ex Deo sit an ego a me ipso loquar

Answer 17

If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. (John 7:17)

Question 18

18 qui a semet ipso loquitur gloriam propriam quaerit qui autem quaerit gloriam eius qui misit illum hic verax est et iniustitia in illo non est

Answer 18

He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. (John 7:18)

Question 19

19 nonne Moses dedit vobis legem et nemo ex vobis facit legem

Answer 19

Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?” (John 7:19)

Question 20

20 quid me quaeritis interficere respondit turba et dixit daemonium habes quis te quaerit interficere

Answer 20

“You are demon-possessed,” the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?” (John 7:20)

Question 21

21 respondit Iesus et dixit eis unum opus feci et omnes miramini

Answer 21

Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle, and you are all astonished. (John 7:21)

Question 22

22 propterea Moses dedit vobis circumcisionem non quia ex Mose est sed ex patribus et in sabbato circumciditis hominem

Answer 22

Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a child on the Sabbath. (John 7:22)

Question 23

23 si circumcisionem accipit homo in sabbato ut non solvatur lex Mosi mihi indignamini quia totum hominem sanum feci in sabbato

Answer 23

Now if a child can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing the whole man on the Sabbath? (John 7:23)

Question 24

24 nolite iudicare secundum faciem sed iustum iudicium iudicate

Answer 24

Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment.” (John 7:24)

Question 25

25 dicebant ergo quidam ex Hierosolymis nonne hic est quem quaerunt interficere

Answer 25

At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? (John 7:25)

Question 26

26 et ecce palam loquitur et nihil ei dicunt numquid vere cognoverunt principes quia hic est Christus

Answer 26

Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Christ ? (John 7:26)

Question 27

27 sed hunc scimus unde sit Christus autem cum venerit nemo scit unde sit

Answer 27

But we know where this man is from; when the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.” (John 7:27)

Question 28

28 clamabat ergo docens in templo Iesus et dicens et me scitis et unde sim scitis et a me ipso non veni sed est verus qui misit me quem vos non scitis

Answer 28

Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him, (John 7:28)

Question 29

29 ego scio eum quia ab ipso sum et ipse me misit

Answer 29

but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.” (John 7:29)

Question 30

30 quaerebant ergo eum adprehendere et nemo misit in illum manus quia nondum venerat hora eius

Answer 30

At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come. (John 7:30)

Question 31

31 de turba autem multi crediderunt in eum et dicebant Christus cum venerit numquid plura signa faciet quam quae hic facit

Answer 31

Still, many in the crowd put their faith in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, will he do more miraculous signs than this man?” (John 7:31)

Question 32

32 audierunt Pharisaei turbam murmurantem de illo haec et miserunt principes et Pharisaei ministros ut adprehenderent eum

Answer 32

The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him. (John 7:32)

Question 33

33 dixit ergo Iesus adhuc modicum tempus vobiscum sum et vado ad eum qui misit me

Answer 33

Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I go to the one who sent me. (John 7:33)

Question 34

34 quaeretis me et non invenietis et ubi sum ego vos non potestis venire

Answer 34

You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.” (John 7:34)

Question 35

35 dixerunt ergo Iudaei ad se ipsos quo hic iturus est quia non inveniemus eum numquid in dispersionem gentium iturus est et docturus gentes

Answer 35

The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? (John 7:35)

Question 36

36 quis est hic sermo quem dixit quaeretis me et non invenietis et ubi sum ego non potestis venire

Answer 36

What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?” (John 7:36)

Question 37

37 in novissimo autem die magno festivitatis stabat Iesus et clamabat dicens si quis sitit veniat ad me et bibat

Answer 37

On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. (John 7:37)

Question 38

38 qui credit in me sicut dixit scriptura flumina de ventre eius fluent aquae vivae

Answer 38

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” (John 7:38)

Question 39

39 hoc autem dixit de Spiritu quem accepturi erant credentes in eum non enim erat Spiritus quia Iesus nondum fuerat glorificatus

Answer 39

By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. (John 7:39)

Question 40

40 ex illa ergo turba cum audissent hos sermones eius dicebant hic est vere propheta

Answer 40

On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.” (John 7:40)

Question 41

41 alii dicebant hic est Christus quidam autem dicebant numquid a Galilaea Christus venit

Answer 41

Others said, “He is the Christ.” Still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee? (John 7:41)

Question 42

42 nonne scriptura dicit quia ex semine David et Bethleem castello ubi erat David venit Christus

Answer 42

Does not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David’s family and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?” (John 7:42)

Question 43

43 dissensio itaque facta est in turba propter eum

Answer 43

Thus the people were divided because of Jesus. (John 7:43)

Question 44

44 quidam autem ex ipsis volebant adprehendere eum sed nemo misit super illum manus

Answer 44

Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him. (John 7:44)

Question 45

45 venerunt ergo ministri ad pontifices et Pharisaeos et dixerunt eis illi quare non adduxistis eum

Answer 45

Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?” (John 7:45)

Question 46

46 responderunt ministri numquam sic locutus est homo sicut hic homo

Answer 46

“No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards declared. (John 7:46)

Question 47

47 responderunt ergo eis Pharisaei numquid et vos seducti estis

Answer 47

“You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted. (John 7:47)

Question 48

48 numquid aliquis ex principibus credidit in eum aut ex Pharisaeis

Answer 48

“Has any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? (John 7:48)

Question 49

49 sed turba haec quae non novit legem maledicti sunt

Answer 49

No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law - there is a curse on them.” (John 7:49)

Question 50

50 dicit Nicodemus ad eos ille qui venit ad eum nocte qui unus erat ex ipsis

Answer 50

Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, (John 7:50)

Question 51

51 numquid lex nostra iudicat hominem nisi audierit ab ipso prius et cognoverit quid faciat

Answer 51

“Does our law condemn anyone without first hearing him to find out what he is doing?” (John 7:51)

Question 52

52 responderunt et dixerunt ei numquid et tu Galilaeus es scrutare et vide quia propheta a Galilaea non surgit

Answer 52

They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.” (John 7:52)

Question 53

53 et reversi sunt unusquisque in domum suam

Answer 53

53 And everyone went to his own house.[l]