John 7:37–52
37 Now on the last day of the feast—the great day—Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let him drink, 38 the one who believes in me.j Just as the scripture said, ‘Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.’ ”k 39 (Now he said this concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. For the Spirit was not yet given,l because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)
Different Opinions About Jesus
40 Then, when they* heard these words, some from the crowd began to say,* “This man is truly the Prophet!” 41 Others were saying, “This man is the Christ!” But others were saying, “No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he?* 42 Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So there was a division in the crowd because of him. 44 And some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 So the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees. And they said to them, “⌊Why⌋m did you not bring him?” 46 The officers replied, “Never has a man spoken like this!” 47 Then the Pharisees replied to them, “You have not also been deceived, have you?* 48 ⌊None⌋n of the rulers or of the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?* 49 But this crowd who does not know the law is accursed!”
50 Nicodemus, the one who came to him previously—who was one of them—said to them, 51 “Our law does not condemn a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”* 52 They answered and said to him, “You are not also from Galilee, are you?* Investigate and see that a prophet does not arise from Galilee!” ⟦