The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament (106 page)
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Authors: Scott Hahn
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The
Jews then murmured
at him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven."
42
They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"
43
Jesus answered them, "Do not murmur among yourselves.
44
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
45
It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be
taught by God
.' Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.
46
Not that any one has seen the Father except him who is from God; he has seen the Father.
47
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.
48
I am the bread of life.
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Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
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This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die.
51
I am the living bread
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which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which
I shall give
for the life of the world is my flesh."
52
The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us
his flesh to eat
?"
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53
So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you
eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood
, you have no life in you;
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he who
eats
my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
55
For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
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He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
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As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me.
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This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread
will live for ever
."
59
This he said in the synagogue, as he taught at Caper'na-um.
The Words of Eternal Life
60
Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?"
61
But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, "Do you take offense at this?
62
Then what if you were to see
the Son of man
ascending where he was before?
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63
It is
the Spirit that gives life, the flesh
is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are Spirit and life.
64
But there are some of you that do not believe." For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did not believe, and who it was that would betray him.
65
And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father."
66
After this many of
his disciples drew back
and no longer walked with him.
67
Jesus said to the Twelve, "Will you also go away?"
68
Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life;
69
and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are
the Holy One
of God."
70
Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the Twelve, and one of you is a devil?"
71
He spoke of
Judas
the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the Twelve, was to betray him.
The Unbelief of Jesus' Brethren
1
After this Jesus went about in Galilee; he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews
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sought to kill him.
2
Now the Jews'
feast of Tabernacles
was at hand.
3
So
his brethren
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said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples may see the works you are doing.
4
For no man works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world."
5
For even his brethren did not believe in him.
6
Jesus said to them, "
My time
has not yet come, but your time is always here.
7
The world
cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify of it that its works are evil.
8
Go to the feast yourselves;
I am not
o
going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come."
9
So saying, he remained in Galilee.
Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles
10
But after his brethren had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.
11
The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, "Where is he?"
12
And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, "He is a good man," others said, "No, he is leading the people astray."
13
Yet for
fear of the Jews
no one spoke openly of him.
14
About the
middle of the feast
Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
15
The Jews marveled at it, saying, "How is it that this man has learning,
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when he has
never studied
?"
16
So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me;
17
if any man's will is to do his will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
18
He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but he who seeks
the glory of him
who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.
19
Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?"
20
The people answered, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?"
21
Jesus answered them, "
I did one deed
, and you all marvel at it.
22
Moses gave you
circumcision
(not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man upon the sabbath.
23
If on the sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the sabbath I made a man's whole body well?
24
Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."
Is This the Christ?
25
Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill?
26
And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that
the authorities
really know that this is the Christ?
27
Yet we know where this man comes from; and when the Christ appears,
no one will know
where he comes from."
28
So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, "You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord; he who sent me is true, and him you do not know.
29
I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me."
30
So they sought to arrest him; but no one laid hands on him, because
his hour
had not yet come.
31
Yet many of the people believed in him; they said, "When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?"
Officers Are Sent to Arrest Jesus
32
The Pharisees heard the crowd thus muttering about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent
officers
to arrest him.
33
Jesus then said, "I shall be with you a little longer, and then I go to him who sent me;
34
you will seek me and you will not find me; where I am you cannot come."
35
The Jews said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we shall not find him? Does he intend to go to the
Dispersion among the Greeks
and teach the Greeks?
36
What does he mean by saying, 'You will seek me and you will not find me,' and, 'Where I am you cannot come'?"
Rivers of Living Water
37
On the last day of the feast,
the great day
, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, "If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.
38
He who believes in me, as
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the Scripture has said, '
Out of his heart
shall flow rivers of living water.' "
39
Now this he said about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was
not yet glorified
.
Division among the People
40
When they heard these words, some of the people said, "This is really
the prophet
."
41
Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is
the Christ
to come from Galilee?
42
Has not
the Scripture
said that the Christ is descended from David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
43
So there was a division among the people over him.
44
Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
The Authorities andthe Woman Caught in Adultery
45
The officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?"
46
The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!"
47
The Pharisees answered them, "Are you led astray, you also?
48
Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him?
49
But this crowd, who do not know the law, are accursed."
50
Nicode'mus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them,
51
"Does our law judge a man without first giving him
a hearing
and learning what he does?"
52
They replied, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee."
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53
They went
each to his
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own house,
1
but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2
Early in the morning he came again to the temple; all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.
3
The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in their midst
4
they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
5
Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such. What do you say about her?"
6
This they said
to test him
, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
7
And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "
Let him who is without sin
among you be the first to throw a stone at her."
8
And once more he bent down and
wrote with his finger on the ground
.
9
But when they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with
the eldest
, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.
10
Jesus looked up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"
11
She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and
do not sin again
."
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Jesus and the Light of the World
12
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am
the light of the world
; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
13
The Pharisees then said to him, "You are bearing witness to yourself; your testimony is not true."
14
Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I have come from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
15
You judge
according to the flesh
, I judge no one.
16
Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone that judge, but I and he
s
who sent me.
17
In your law
it is written
that the testimony of two men is true;
18
I bear witness to myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me."
19
They said to him therefore, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father also."
20
These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because
his hour
had not yet come.