Verse 19
John 7:19
Bible in Basic English
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Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?
Original Language Text
greek
Οὐ Μωϋσῆς ⸀δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὸν νόμον; καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ ὑμῶν ποιεῖ τὸν νόμον. τί με ζητεῖτε ἀποκτεῖναι;
English Translation
Moses did not give you the law? And none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 7 Context
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After this, Yashua (Jesus) went from place to place in Galilee. He did not go about in Judaea, becau...
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But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near.
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So his brothers said to him, Go away from here into Judaea so that your disciples may see the works...
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Because no man does things secretly if he has a desire that men may have knowledge of him. If you do...
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For even his brothers had no belief in him.
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Yashua (Jesus) said to them, My time is still to come, but any time is good for you.
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It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness th...
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Go you up to the feast: I am not going up now to the feast because my time has not fully come.
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Having said these things to them, he still kept in Galilee.
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But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he went up, not publicly, but in secret.
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At the feast the Jews were looking for him and saying, Where is he?
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12
And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; b...
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But no man said anything about him openly for fear of the Jews.
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Now in the middle of the feast Yashua (Jesus) went up to the Temple and was teaching.
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15
Then the Jews were surprised and said, How has this man got knowledge of books? He has never been to...
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Yashua (Jesus) gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.
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If any man is ready to do God (Elohim)'s pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of wher...
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18
The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for th...
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19
Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put...
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The people said in answer, You have an evil spirit: who has any desire to put you to death?
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This was the answer of Yashua (Jesus): I have done one work and you are all surprised at it.
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22
Moses gave you circumcision--not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers--and even on the Sab...
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23
If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are...
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24
Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.
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Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?
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And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowl...
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However, it is clear to us where this man comes from: but when the Christ comes no one will have kno...
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Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Yashua (Jesus) said with a loud voice, You have knowledge...
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I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me.
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Then they had a desire to take him: but no man put hands on him because his hour was still to come.
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And numbers of the people had belief in him, and they said, When the Christ comes will he do more si...
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This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Phari...
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Then Yashua (Jesus) said, I will be with you a little longer and then I go to him who sent me.
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You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.
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So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go t...
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What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may n...
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37
On the last day, the great day of the feast, Yashua (Jesus) got up and said in a loud voice, If any...
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38
He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water...
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This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not be...
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40
When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.
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41
Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee?
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Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little t...
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So there was a division among the people because of him.
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And some of them had a desire to take him; but no man put hands on him.
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Then the servants went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why have you not g...
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The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man.
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Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas?
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Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees?
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49
But these people who have no knowledge of the law are cursed.
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50
Nicodemus--he who had come to Yashua (Jesus) before, being himself one of them--said to them,
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51
Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?
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This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet co...
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[And every man went to his house;
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