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John 7
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1 After these things, Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2 Now the Jews feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3 And his brethren said to, him: Pass from hence and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou dost.
4 For there is no man that doth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, manifest thyself to the world.
5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
6 Then Jesus said to them: My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.
7 The world cannot hate you: but me it hateth, because I give testimony of it, that the works thereof are evil,
8 Go you up to this festival day: but I go not up to this festival day, because my time is not accomplished.
9 When he had said these things, he himself stayed in Galilee.
10 But after his brethren were gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but, as it were, in secret.
11 The Jews therefore sought him on the festival day and said: Where is he?
12 And there was much murmuring among the multitude concerning him. For some said: He is a good man. And others said: No, but he seduceth the people. CCC
13 Yet no man spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews. CCC
14 Now, about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
15 And the Jews wondered, saying: How doth this man know letters, having never learned?
16 Jesus answered them and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. CCC
17 If any man will do the will of him, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true and there is no injustice in him.
19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? CCC
20 Why seek you to kill me? The multitude answered and said: Thou hast a devil. Who seeketh to kill thee?
21 Jesus answered and said to them: One work I have done: and you all wonder.
22 Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers): and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man. CCC
23 If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken: are you angry at me, because I have healed the whole man on the sabbath day? CCC
24 Judge not according to the appearance: but judge just judgment. CCC
25 Some therefore of Jerusalem said: Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
26 And behold, he speaketh openly: and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers known for a truth that this is the Christ?
27 But we know this man, whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no man knoweth, whence he is.
28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying: You both know me, and you know whence I am. And I am not come of myself: but he that sent me is true, whom you know not.
29 I know him, because I am from him: and he hath sent me.
30 They sought therefore to apprehend him: and no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. Fathers
31 But of the people many believed in him and said: When the Christ cometh, shall he do more miracles than this man doth?
32 The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning him: and the rulers and Pharisees sent ministers to apprehend him.
33 Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while I am with you: and then I go to him that sent me.
34 You shall seek me and shall not find me: and where I am, thither you cannot come.
35 The Jews therefore said among themselves: Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? Will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles and teach the Gentiles?
36 What is this saying that he hath said: You shall seek me and shall not find me? And: Where I am, you cannot come?
37 And on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink. CCC
38 He that believeth in me, as the scripture saith: Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. CCC
39 Now this he said of the Spirit which they should receive who believed in him: for as yet the Spirit was not given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. CCC · Fathers
40 Of that multitude therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said: This is the prophet indeed.
41 Others said: This is the Christ. But some said: Doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
42 Doth not the scripture say: That Christ cometh of the seed of David and from Bethlehem the town where David was?
43 So there arose a dissension among the people because of him.
44 And some of them would have apprehended him: but no man laid hands upon him.
45 The ministers therefore came to the chief priests and the Pharisees. And they said to them: Why have you not brought him?
46 The ministers answered: Never did man speak like this man.
47 The Pharisees therefore answered them: Are you also seduced?
48 Hath any one of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees? CCC
49 But this multitude, that knoweth not the law, are accursed. CCC
50 Nicodemus said to them (he that came to him by night, who was one of them):
51 Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear him and know what he doth?
52 They answered and said to him: Art thou also a Galilean? Search the scriptures, and see that out of Galilee a prophet riseth not. CCC
53 And every man returned to his own house.
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Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va), and where the earliest Church Fathers quote them (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, public domain). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text.
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- CCC 574 “From the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, certain Pharisees and partisans of Herod together with priests and scribes agreed together to destroy…”
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- CCC 575 “Many of Jesus' deeds and words constituted a "sign of contradiction", but more so for the religious authorities in Jerusalem, whom the…”
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- CCC 427 “In catechesis "Christ, the Incarnate Word and Son of God,. . . is taught - everything else is taught with reference to…”
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- CCC 578 “Jesus, Israel's Messiah and therefore the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, was to fulfil the Law by keeping it in its…”
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- CCC 581 “The Jewish people and their spiritual leaders viewed Jesus as a rabbi. He often argued within the framework of rabbinical interpretation of…”
- CCC 582 “Going even further, Jesus perfects the dietary law, so important in Jewish daily life, by revealing its pedagogical meaning through a divine…”
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- CCC 581 “The Jewish people and their spiritual leaders viewed Jesus as a rabbi. He often argued within the framework of rabbinical interpretation of…”
- CCC 582 “Going even further, Jesus perfects the dietary law, so important in Jewish daily life, by revealing its pedagogical meaning through a divine…”
- CCC 2173 “The Gospel reports many incidents when Jesus was accused of violating the sabbath law. But Jesus never fails to respect the holiness…”
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- CCC 582 “Going even further, Jesus perfects the dietary law, so important in Jewish daily life, by revealing its pedagogical meaning through a divine…”
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“This is also the reason why, when men were often desirous to take Him, it is said, "No man laid hands upon Him, for the hour of His being taken was not yet come;”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book III, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XVI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 728 “Jesus does not reveal the Holy Spirit fully, until he himself has been glorified through his Death and Resurrection. Nevertheless, little by…”
- CCC 1287 “This fullness of the Spirit was not to remain uniquely the Messiah's, but was to be communicated to the whole messianic people.…”
- CCC 2561 “You would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." Paradoxically our prayer of petition is a response to…”
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- CCC 728 “Jesus does not reveal the Holy Spirit fully, until he himself has been glorified through his Death and Resurrection. Nevertheless, little by…”
- CCC 1287 “This fullness of the Spirit was not to remain uniquely the Messiah's, but was to be communicated to the whole messianic people.…”
- CCC 1999 “The grace of Christ is the gratuitous gift that God makes to us of his own life, infused by the Holy Spirit…”
- CCC 2561 “You would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." Paradoxically our prayer of petition is a response to…”
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- CCC 244 “The eternal origin of the Holy Spirit is revealed in his mission in time. the Spirit is sent to the apostles and…”
- CCC 690 “Jesus is Christ, "anointed," because the Spirit is his anointing, and everything that occurs from the Incarnation on derives from this fullness.…”
- CCC 728 “Jesus does not reveal the Holy Spirit fully, until he himself has been glorified through his Death and Resurrection. Nevertheless, little by…”
- CCC 1287 “This fullness of the Spirit was not to remain uniquely the Messiah's, but was to be communicated to the whole messianic people.…”
- CCC 1999 “The grace of Christ is the gratuitous gift that God makes to us of his own life, infused by the Holy Spirit…”
- CCC 2561 “You would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." Paradoxically our prayer of petition is a response to…”
“The Father is indeed above all, and He is the Head of Christ; but the Word is through all things, and is Himself the Head of the Church; while the Spirit is in us all, and He is the living water,”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XVIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 575 “Many of Jesus' deeds and words constituted a "sign of contradiction", but more so for the religious authorities in Jerusalem, whom the…”
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- CCC 575 “Many of Jesus' deeds and words constituted a "sign of contradiction", but more so for the religious authorities in Jerusalem, whom the…”
- CCC 588 “Jesus scandalized the Pharisees by eating with tax collectors and sinners as familiarly as with themselves. Against those among them "who trusted…”
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- CCC 574 “From the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, certain Pharisees and partisans of Herod together with priests and scribes agreed together to destroy…”
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