John 7:25–44

²⁵So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill?

²⁶“Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. ^aThe rulers do not really know that this is ¹the Christ, do they?

²⁷“However, ^awe know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from.”

²⁸Then Jesus cried out in the temple, ^ateaching and saying, “^bYou both know Me and know where I am from; and ^cI have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

²⁹“^aI know Him, because ^bI am from Him, and ^cHe sent Me.”

³⁰So they ^awere seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His ^bhour had not yet come.

³¹But ^amany of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “^bWhen ¹the Christ comes, He will not perform more ^2csigns than those which this man has, will He?”

³²The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ^aofficers to ^bseize Him.

³³Therefore Jesus said, “^aFor a little while longer I am with you, then ^bI go to Him who sent Me.

³⁴“^aYou will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

^35aThe Jews then said to one another, “^bWhere does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to ^cthe Dispersion among ^dthe Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He?

³⁶“What is this statement that He said, ‘^aYou will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”

³⁷Now on ^athe last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “^1bIf anyone is thirsty, ²let him come to Me and drink.

³⁸“He who believes in Me, ^aas the Scripture said, ‘From ¹his innermost being will flow rivers of ^bliving water.’ ”

³⁹But this He spoke ^aof the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ^bthe Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^cglorified.

Division of People over Jesus

⁴⁰Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is ^athe Prophet.”

⁴¹Others were saying, “This is ¹the Christ.” Still others were saying, “^aSurely the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He?

⁴²“Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from ^athe descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

⁴³So ^aa division occurred in the crowd because of Him.

^44aSome of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.