John 7:32–53

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.

⁴⁵The ^aofficers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?”

⁴⁶The ^aofficers answered, “^bNever has a man spoken the way this man speaks.”

⁴⁷The Pharisees then answered them, “^aYou have not also been led astray, have you?

⁴⁸“^aNo one of ^bthe rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?

⁴⁹“But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.”

^50aNicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) said to them,

⁵¹“^aOur Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”

⁵²They answered him, “^aYou are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.”

⁵³¹Everyone went to his home.