Joh 7:1-53 reverse parallelism:
1a) Joh 7:1-11, The Jews sought to kill Him at the feast;
1a) Joh 7:1, Jesus walked in Galilee, not Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him;
1b) Joh 7:2-5, His brothers urged Him, No no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly;
1c) Joh 7:6a, Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come;”
1d) Joh 7:8b, But your time is always ready;
central axis) Joh 7:7, “The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil;”
2d) Joh 7:8a, You go up to this feast;
2c) Joh 7:8b, “I am not yet going up to this feast, for My time has not yet fully come;”
2b) Joh 7:9-10, When His brothers had gone up, He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret;
2a) Joh 7:11, Then the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, “Where is He?”
1b) Joh 7:12, Complaining among the people concerning Him: whether He is good, or deceives the people;
1c) Joh 7:13, However, no one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews;
1d) Joh 7:14-18, Jesus: My doctrine is not Mine but His who sent Me/ He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true;
1e) Joh 7:19-20, Jesus: Why do you seek to kill Me/ the crowd: Who is seeking to kill You;
1f) Joh 7:21, Jesus answered: I did one work, and you all marvel;
1g) Joh 7:22a, “Moses gave you circumcision (but it is from the fathers);”
1h) Joh 7:22b, “And you circumcise a man on the Sabbath;”
2h) Joh 7:23a, “If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath;”
2g) Joh 7:23b, So that the law of Moses should not be broken;
2f) Joh 7:23c-24, Are you angry because I made a man well on the Sabbath? Judge with righteous judgment;
2e) Joh 7:25-27, Some people: Is this not He whom they seek to kill? Do the rulers believe this is the Christ?;
2d) Joh 7:28-29, Jesus: I have not come of Myself, but because of Him who sent Me, who is true;
2c) Joh 7:30, They sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come;
2b) Joh 7:31-32a, Many believed in Him as the Christ/ Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring concerning Him;
2a) Joh 7:32b-53, The Pharisees + chief priests sought to take Him at the feast;
1a.1) Joh 7:32b, The Pharisees + chief priests sent officers to take Him;
1a.2) Joh 7:33-34, Jesus: I will be with you a while longer, then I go to Him who sent Me/ You will seek Me + not find Me;
1b) Joh 7:35-36, Discussion among the Jews: Where does He intend to go;
central axis) Joh 7:37-39, On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified;
2b) Joh 7:40-41a, Discussion among the crowd: This man is the Prophet + this man is the Christ;
1a.1) Joh 7:41b-52, The officers sent to take Him/ division because of Him;
1a) Joh 7:41b-42, Some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee/ Scripture testifies that He will come from Bethlehem;
1b) Joh 7:43, So there was a division among the people because of Him;
1c) Joh 7:44-45, Some wanted to take Him, but the officers did not lay hands on Him/ Pharisees questioned why;
central axis) Joh 7:46, The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!”
2c) Joh 7:47-49, Pharisees mocked them because they did not take Him;
2b) Joh 7:50-51, Nicodemus: Does our law judge a man before it hears him [there was a division among the Pharisees because of Him];
2a) Joh 7:52, They answered: Are you also from Galilee? Search [the Scripture] for no prophet has arisen out of Galilee;
2a.2) Joh 7:53, And everyone went to his own house.
The structure reveals that among the works of Jesus, is making men well. This instance refers back to the healing of the man at the pool of Bethesda. We saw from Joh 5:17, that Jesus is still working His works … in fact this is why He sent the Spirit, so that His disciples could continue to do the works He does until His return. If someone you know is sick, go lay hands on them and speak healing over them, if you are a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ! Do His works until He returns!
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